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title: "9 Vegetate Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“To walk is to vegetate, to stroll is to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/balzac/to-walk-is-to-vegetate-to-stroll-is-to-live/)

[Balzac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/balzac/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/balzac-43721_quote_to-walk-is-to-vegetate-to-stroll-is-to-l_1939177.jpg)

> [When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/when-i-am-in-the-country-i-wish-to-vegetate-like-the-country/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/william-hazlitt-326_country_when-i-am-in-the-country-i-wish-to-veget_1838421.png)

> [To vegetate you don't need to read!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-brown/to-vegetate-you-don-t-need-to-read/)

[William C. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/william-c-brown-11174_books_to-vegetate-you-don-t-need-to-read-13504_1350432.jpg)

> [I like to vegetate when on vacation given my busy schedule when I'm at work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zac-posen/i-like-to-vegetate-when-on-vacation-given-my-busy-schedule-when-i-m/)

[Zac Posen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zac-posen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/zac-posen-4735_busy_i-like-to-vegetate-when-on-vacation-give_1963926.png)

> [If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/if-you-would-be-known-and-not-know-vegetate-in-a-village-if-you-would/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/charles-caleb-colton-270_known_if-you-would-be-known-and-not-know-veget_1431358.png)

> [Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-reeve/either-you-vegetate-and-look-out-a-window-or-activate-and-try-to/)

[Christopher Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-reeve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/christopher-reeve-7715_activate_either-you-vegetate-and-look-out-a-windo_554938.jpg)

> [Passion is the element in which we live; without it, we hardly vegetate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-byron/passion-is-the-element-in-which-we-live-without-it-we-hardly-vegetate/)

[Lord Byron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-byron/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/lord-byron-356_passion_passion-is-the-element-in-which-we-live_2940023.jpg)

> [Without zest, what is life? Just waiting for death? It can't be anything else. Only with zest do you live; otherwise you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/without-zest-what-is-life-just-waiting-for-death-it-can-t-be-anything/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/rajneesh-54_death_without-zest-what-is-life-just-waiting-f_285381.jpg)

> [“Love will not come to me again. I’ll vegetate like a plant in a cellar, without light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliza-granville/love-will-not-come-to-me-again-i-ll-vegetate-like-a-plant-in-a-cellar/)

[Eliza Granville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliza-granville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/eliza-granville-30669_gardening_love-will-not-come-to-me-again-i-ll-vege_1529181.jpg)

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