Quotes by category:Tree

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch... by Alexander Kotov

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.

Alexander Kotov

variation analysis tree

As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. by Alexander Pope

As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.

bent twigs tree

A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes. by Alexander Pope

A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.

robes nature tree

Interspersed in lawn and opening glades, by Alexander Pope

Interspersed in lawn and opening glades,

shade arise tree

Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty! by Alexander Pope

Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty!

liberty tree giving

A pear-tree planted nigh: by Alexander Pope

A pear-tree planted nigh:

pears fruit tree

Trees are your best antiques by Alexander Smith

Trees are your best antiques

Alexander Smith

antiques nature tree

A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posteri... by Alexander Smith

A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.

Alexander Smith

(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the... by Alexandre Dumas

(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

Alexandre Dumas

flower tree fall

It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that... by Alexandre Dumas

It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.

Alexandre Dumas

forsake flower tree

Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.

poetry air tree

An English homegrey twilight poured On dewy pasture, dewy trees, Softer than sleepall things in order stored, A haunt of ancient Peace.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

twilight tree order

Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

merit roots tree

Great people plant trees they'll never sit under. by Alfred North Whitehead

Great people plant trees they'll never sit under.

Alfred North Whitehead

wisdom tree people

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways

Alfred Russel Wallace

ignorant law tree

Willow trees are kind, Dear God. They will not bear a body on the... by Alice Dunbar Nelson

Willow trees are kind, Dear God. They will not bear a body on their limbs.

Alice Dunbar Nelson

body racism tree

People hide their truest nature. I understood that; I even applauded it. What sort of world would it be if people bled all over the sidewalks, if they wept under trees, smacked whomever they despised, kissed strangers, revealed themselves?

tree people world

I read Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," all of Shirley J... by Alice Hoffman

I read Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," all of Shirley Jackson's books, which I loved.

brooklyn tree book

The sun came through the branches of the tree above her, and Ruth looked up past them. "I think she listens," she said, too softly to be heard.

tree past thinking

He beat me like he beat the children. Cept he don't never hardly beat them. He say, Celie, git the belt. The children be outside the room peeking through the cracks. It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how come I know trees fear man.

tree men children

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