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Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again...

Trees, though they are cut and loped, grow up again quickly, but if men are destroyed, it is not easy to get them again.

Quote by Pericles about nature, man

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

Quote by Gerry Adams about talking

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.

Quote by Douglas Adams about difficulties, conversation

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

Quote by Russell Baker about couple, americans, home, rightness

I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees.

Quote by Jim Fowler about home, house

Falling trees have the right of way.

Falling trees have the right of way.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fire brigade, rightness

Remember the entire country is hostile. Trees will bend...

Remember the entire country is hostile. Trees will bend to swallow your bullets, while enemies can shoot through entire forests.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about enemies, country

When roads and trees are dressing themselves in white, far away or just a step from one from the other, souls of dreamers are wrapping themselves in poetry. RightWords Translation

Quote by Mariana Fulger about philosophy, poetry

Initial feedback we got from people was that Poker could and should be a product in its own right. For us, that was definitely a case of us not seeing the forest for the trees since we are Poker nuts.

Quote by Tim Page about poker, rightness, people

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not...

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy, the eyes see only the dross.

Quote by Paracelsus about eyes

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Quote by Dolly Parton

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and...

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Quote by William Penn about opinion, wealth, power, man

He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the...

He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.

Quote by John Clare about death, time

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Quote by Molière about opinion

To the Moon Oh gracious moon, now as the year turns, I remember how, heavy with sorrow, I climbed this hill to gaze on you, And then as now you hung above those trees Illuminating all. But to my eyes Your face seemed clouded, temulous...

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about light, moon, sadness, youth, memory, tears, pain, eyes, past, hope

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

Quote by Pablo Neruda about love, spring, contentment

The shadow The words have shadow like the milestones like trees and vines like truth beyond which there is still something else. RightWords Translation

Quote by Daniel Dragan about poetry, shadow, word, truth

When the leaf withersIt becomes posy. They have gathered the moon and lightThe trees in the gardenAnd they are dropping sun. Yourhve beenbodiesAnd now you became butterfliesYou, walnut, your leaves are souls.

Quote by Tudor Arghezi about poetry, salary, moon, garden, sun, light, contentment

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