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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
John Burroughs
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John Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1837
Born: April 3
Died: 1921
Died: March 29
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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The honey-bee's great ambition is to be rich, to lay up great stores, to possess the sweet of every flower that blooms. She is more than provident. Enough will not satisfy her, she must have all she can get by hook or crook.
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Nature exists for man no more than she does for monkeys, and is as regardless of his life or pleasure or success as she is of the fleas. Her waves will drown him, her fire burn him, and her earth devour him, her storms and lightning smite him, as if he were only a dog.
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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
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I still find each day too short.
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Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed upon themselves. Blessed is the person who has some congenial work, some occupation in which to place one's heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces that are in him or her.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind.
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Now is the time of the illuminated woods ... when every leaf glows like a tiny lamp.
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled.
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The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
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Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.
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