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title: "10 Woodcutter Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [The tree does not withdraw its shade from the woodcutter. So, forgive those who hurt you. They will realize your worth one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/the-tree-does-not-withdraw-its-shade-from-the-woodcutter-so-forgive-2/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [“She couldn't be the prince, and she'd never be a princess, and she didn't want to be a woodcutter, so she'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/she-couldn-t-be-the-prince-and-she-d-never-be-a-princess-and-she-didn/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“If I were fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikos-kazantzakis/if-i-were-fire-i-would-burn-if-i-were-a-woodcutter-i-would-strike-but/)

[Nikos Kazantzakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikos-kazantzakis/)

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> [I take it that he is more than just a woodcutter. "No one is just a woodcutter, " replied Terence. "A person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-morris/i-take-it-that-he-is-more-than-just-a-woodcutter-no-one-is-just-a/)

[Gerald Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-morris/)

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> [“Oh, Lady," said the woodcutter, "my hurt is overwhelming because it is someone else's pain that makes me cry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-whalen-turner/oh-lady-said-the-woodcutter-my-hurt-is-overwhelming-because-it-is/)

[Megan Whalen Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-whalen-turner/)

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> [The tree does not withdraw its shade from the woodcutter. So forgive the one who hurts you. They will realize your worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/the-tree-does-not-withdraw-its-shade-from-the-woodcutter-so-forgive/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [The tree doesn't withdraw even from the woodcutter. So, Love even those who hurt you.. They will realize your worth someday. :)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldyna-threesya/the-tree-doesn-t-withdraw-even-from-the-woodcutter-so-love-even-those/)

[Aldyna Threesya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldyna-threesya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/aldyna-threesya-1616_flower_the-tree-doesn-t-withdraw-even-from-the_77477.jpg)

> [“The woodcutter brushed the dust from his beard and reflected on how sphinxes would live much longer if they asked a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-danley/the-woodcutter-brushed-the-dust-from-his-beard-and-reflected-on-how/)

[Kate Danley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-danley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/kate-danley-26501_woodcutter_the-woodcutter-brushed-the-dust-from-his_3060913.jpg)

> [“There was an exhausted woodcutter who kept wasting time and energy chopping wood with a blunt ax because he did not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-de-mello/there-was-an-exhausted-woodcutter-who-kept-wasting-time-and-energy/)

[Anthony de Mello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-de-mello/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/anthony-de-mello-1331_chopping-wood_there-was-an-exhausted-woodcutter-who-ke_1626807.png)

> [“A sighing wind brings heavy snow As every good woodcutter knows. It fills the road, it blocks the door It lays and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-rankin/a-sighing-wind-brings-heavy-snow-as-every-good-woodcutter-knows-it/)

[Allan Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-rankin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/allan-rankin-100630_snow_a-sighing-wind-brings-heavy-snow-as-ever_799566.jpg)

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