"In the planting of the seeds of..." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau
In the planting of the seeds of most trees, the best gardeners do no more than follow Nature, though they may not know it.
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“It's not enough to be busy.”
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“It seemed to me that man himself was like a half-emptied bottle of pale ale, which Time had drunk so far, yet stoppled tight for a while, and drifting about in the ocean of circumstances, but destined ere-long to mingle with the surrounding waves, or be spilled amid the sands of a distant shore.”
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“Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.”
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“Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed in retirement.”
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“In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable.”