All Richard Jefferies Quotes
- The old Greeks dwelt on the tendency of human affairs to drift downwards irresistibly to unhappiness. Guilt - that is, untoward and often involuntary actions… Actions
- Grief falls upon human beings as the rain, not selecting good or evil, visiting the innocent, condemning those who have done no wrong. Beings
- Beauty - what is beauty, forsooth? Form and color; that is, surface only. Fortune - what is fortune? Nothing is ever a pleasure or a… Ago
- Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does not concern her. Another Woman
- There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance. Any
- Do you always do as you would like to do were it in your power? I find that circumstances force me often to act in… Act
- No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the… Abominable
- Some, I verily believe, delight to be slave-men; it is a joy to them, and they would not change their condition; not only miserable village… Believe
- 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 a… Boldness
- The cottages erected by farmers or by landlords are now, one and all, fit and proper habitations for human beings; and I verifly believe it… All
- Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a man who believes… Believes
- It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant. Easier
- When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention by… Alone
- To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the boldest of us have sometimes… Boldest
- Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings. Been
- Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power… Advantage
- The lover of nature has the highest art in his soul. Art
- If every plant and flower were found in all places, the charm of locality would not exist. Everything varies, and that gives the interest. All
- A kestrel can and does hover in the dead calm of summer days, when there is not the faintest breath of wind. He will, and… Atmosphere
- This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness. Ages