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• Quote 3011

  We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry
  by: John Burroughs

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• Quote 3012

  I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral
  by: John Burroughs

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• Quote 3013

  Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times
  by: John Burroughs

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• Quote 3014

  In sorrow he learned this truth: Though one may return to the place of his birth, he cannot go back to his youth
  by: John Burroughs

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• Quote 3015

  I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
  by: John Burroughs

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• Quote 3016

  I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.
  by: John Burroughs

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Quote 7:

• Quote 3017

  Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him.
  by: John Burroughs

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Quote 8:

• Quote 3018

  Culture means the perfect and equal development of man on all sides
  by: John Burroughs

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Quote 9:

• Quote 3019

  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
  by: John Burroughs

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• Quote 3020

  There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad
  by: John Burroughs

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