Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Beauty - what is beauty, forsooth? Form and color; that is, surface only. Fortune - what is fortune? Nothing is ever a… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
The 'crownd' is still the unit, the favourite coin of the labourers, especially the elder folk. They use the word something in the same… — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope. — Richard Jefferies Copy Share Image
