Destroyed Quote by Pericles

Men are like trees, they take forever to grow up.

— Anonymous

Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved.

— Winifred Holtby

When trees mature, it is fair and moral that they are cut for man's use, as they would soon decay and return to the…

— George Nakashima

How many men are like trees, already strong and full grown, which are transplanted into some gardens, to the astonishment of those people who…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Trees give peace to the souls of men.

— Nora Waln

Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. Some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to…

— John Marston

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

— Winston Churchill

Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,-chased and hunted down as long as…

— John Muir

As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations…

— Frederick William Robertson

“We were men once, though we've become trees”

— Dante Alighieri

Generations of men are like the leaves. In winter, winds blow them down to earth, but then, when spring season comes again, the budding…

— Anonymous

You can cut a tree down, and it grows back. Once a species goes, it's gone forever.

— Mark Shand