Luxuriant Quotes

16 quotes by 14 authors

Of course we women gossip on occasion. But our appetite for it is not as avid as a man s. It is in the boys… — Phyllis McGinley
The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible… — Henry David Thoreau
Watering the flowers and the trees, whispering to them, talking to them. Then, they will grow to be more bright and luxuriant. — Gautama Buddha
Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in… — Richard Allen
Because of this erotic bond, the earth becomes luxuriant in its every aspect. — Thomas Berry
What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside. — Henry David Thoreau
The heavens are now seen to resemble a luxuriant garden, which contains the greatest variety of productions, in different flourishing beds. — William Herschel
Our blossoms of passion, gay and luxuriant flowers, are bright and full of fragrance, but they beguile us and lead us astray, and their odor… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age. — Isaac D'Israeli
The mere pronunciation of the word luxurious feels lush, luxuriant. — Lady G
Books of natural history make the most cheerful winter reading. I read in Audubon with a thrill of delight, when the snow covers the ground,… — Henry David Thoreau
All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment - divested of affectation and free… — Henry Fuseli
Filled with rapture, his soul yearned for freedom, space, vastness. Over him the heavenly dome, full of quiet, shining stars, hung boundlessly. From the zenith… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every habit he's ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old… — Margaret Atwood
Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven't faded yet. In their nights, fragrantly resinous,… — Anna Akhmatova
If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I ought to apologize… — Stephen Fry

Who Wrote These Luxuriant Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 16 Luxuriant Quotes as follows: