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Pine Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- Is it the lumberman, then, who is the friend and lover of the pine, stands nearest to it, and understands its nature best? Is it…
- The very uprightness of the pines and maples asserts the ancient rectitude and vigor of nature. Our lives need the relief of such a background,…
- It is a thorough process, this war with the wilderness - breaking nature, taming the soil. feeding it on oats. The civilized man regards the…
- The very willow-rows lopped every three years for fuel or powder, - and every sizable pine and oak, or other forest tree, cut down within…
- Left to herself, nature is always more or less civilized, and delights in a certain refinement; but where the axe has encroached upon the edge…
- I once found a kernel of corn in the middle of a deep wood by Walden, tucked in behind a lichen on a pine, about…
- The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border of wild wood which surrounds…
- Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than…
More Pine Quotes
- For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman
- When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and… — Henry Ward Beecher
- When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars… — Unknown Author
- Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel. — Aldo Leopold
- The forests are the flag's of Nature. They appeal to all and awaken inspiring universal feelings. Enter the forest and the boundaries… — Enos Mills
- I hasten to say to snobs from the Surrey pine-and-sand country that no invention since the corn plaster or the electric toothbrush… — Alistair Cooke
- The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest… — Horace
- The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent… — H. L. Mencken
- Colours shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green, the people… — Haruki Murakami
- A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind… — William Sharp
- All our civilization is based on invention; before invention, men lived on fruits and nuts and pine cones and slept in caves. — Reginald Fessenden
- The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself… — Chief Seattle