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Leaves Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Removing the weeds, putting fresh soil about the bean stems, and encouraging this weed which I had sown, making the yellow soil express its summer…
- The indescribable innocence and beneficence of Nature-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter-such health, such cheer, they afford forever! and such sympathy…
- We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and perfumed, and the…
- When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. . . . How beautifully they go to their graves! How…
- October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a…
- What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity…
- A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must…
- I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk & leaves
- When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and the nimble early…
- There are as many strata at different levels of life as there are leaves in a book. When on the higher levels we can remember…
- Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.
- The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and…
More Leaves Quotes
- The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which… — Walter Bagehot
- Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to… — Joseph Addison
- Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. — Thomas Beecham
- We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector,… — Carol Bellamy
- Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin
- The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his… — Leonard Bernstein
- I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to… — Sophie Ellis Bextor
- When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more. — Mayim Bialik
- Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. — William Blake
- I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun… — Ben Affleck
- The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created. — Jacob Bronowski