"Though so trifling, the success of our first……" — Ernest Thompson Seton
"Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift."
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19 Quotes by Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton has 19 quotes on this site.
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At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all…
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The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end.
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Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.
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For a man who is lost, the three greatest dangers in order of importance, are Fear, Cold, and Hunger. He…
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How much service have I rendered to my people?
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All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered…
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I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.
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The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the…
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I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one.
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Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders,…
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The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe…
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We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we…
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More Buffalo Quotes
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To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and…
— Dennis Banks
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I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.
— Buffalo Bill
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The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more…
— Art Buchwald
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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left…
— Sitting Bull
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I've always been intrigued with the variety of answers this generation will give their children who ask, "Where did I…
— Erma Bombeck
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A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a…
— Barbara Holland
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Existence loves laughter. You may have observed, or not, that man is the only animal in the whole of existence…
— Rajneesh
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This is one of those big, fat paperbacks, intended to while away a monsoon or two, which, if thrown with…
— Nancy Banks-Smith
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At the rate science proceeds, rockets and missiles will one day seem like buffalo - slow, endangered grazers in the…
— Unknown Author
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Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire…
— James Alexander Thom
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The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede.…
— Ed Eyestone
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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
— Sitting Bull
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