Quotes by Tree The leaves of these [larch] trees are like those of the pine; timber from them comes in long lengths, is as easily wrought in joiner's work as is the clearwood of fir, and contains a liquid resin, of the color of Attic honey, which is good for consumptives. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio colortreelong Trees which grow in places facing the course of the sun are not of porous fiber but are solid, being drained by the dryness... The trees in sunny neighborhoods, therefore, being solidified by the compact texture of their fiber, and not being porous from moisture, are very useful, so far as durability goes, when they are hewn into timber. The lowland firs, being conveyed from sunny places, are better than those highland firs, which are brought here from shady places. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio moisturetexturetree Once, when she was six years old, she had fallen from a tree, flat on her stomach. She could still recall that sickening interval before breath came back into her body. Now, as she looked at him, she felt the same way she had felt then, breathless, stunned, nauseated. Margaret Mitchell six-year-oldstreeyears You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?' I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore an inclement and pitiless sky.' That is not what I meant,' interrupted my father, as obstinate as the trees and as pitiless as the sky. Marcel Proust skytreefather The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis of a nymph into a tree, has arrested us in an accustomed movement. Marcel Proust nymphsnaturetree We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees. Margaret Sanger fruitperfecttree Like begets like. We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees... . Abused soil brings forth stunted growths. Margaret Sanger growthperfecttree Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. Marcus Tullius Cicero agriculturetreelittles The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions? Marcus Tullius Cicero lawtreemen The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. Marcus Tullius Cicero agriculturefruittree A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like rings on a tree. Margo Kaufman rorschachtreebook A tree without roots will fall over, whereas a tree with roots eventually becomes part of a forest. Margrethe II of Denmark rootstreefall I feel much more comfortable either up in a tree, or underwater. That's where I feel the most zen. Margot Robbie underwaterfeelstree i find it easy to admire in trees what depresses me in people Marge Piercy depressingtreepeople If you look close ... you can see that the wild critters have 'No Trespassing' signs tacked up on every pine tree. Marguerite Henry critterstreelooks In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these. Marcus Tullius Cicero rootstreeart There had been a frozen mist here, and the trees were spun into feathers. Their fragile brilliance made me wonder why, into the spotlessness of Creation, God had seen fit to introduce soiling, twisting, rampaging, Man. Maria McCann frozentreemen I recognized everything, the waterfall and the lakes, the trees and paths. But they had forgotten me. That was bitter and I cried a lot. One should never return to sacred places. Marianne Fredriksson sacredlakestree Religion is one tree with many branches. As branches, you may say, religions are many, but as a tree, religion is only one. Mahatma Gandhi branchestreereligion Rememberest the gods, and that they wish not to be flattered, but wish all reasonable beings to be made like themselves; and... rememberest that what does the work of a fig-tree is a fig-tree, and that what does the work of a dog is a dog, and that what does the work of a bee is a bee, and that what does the work of a man is a man. Marcus Aurelius dogtreemen«6667686970717273747576»
