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Trees8 quotes
The groves were God's first temples. — William Cullen Bryant · 1824If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason. — Jack Handey · 1991I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. — Willa Cather · 1913The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. — William Blake · 1799He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732Old and ruined, all rotted and broken up
These plum trees function gorgeously
A few days every year
In a way nobody else does. — Philip Whalen · 1970All 8 quotes →Nature2 quotes
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. — Willa Cather · 1913The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. — William Blake · 1799Creativity1 quote
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. — Joyce Kilmer · 1913Empathy1 quote
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732Garden of Eden1 quote
And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. — Genesis 2:9 · 1405 BCGardens1 quote
And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. — Genesis 2:9 · 1405 BCGod and man1 quote
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. — Joyce Kilmer · 1913Loving others1 quote
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732Man and nature1 quote
He that plants trees loves others beside himself. — Thomas Fuller (physician) · 1732Nature scene1 quote
Old and ruined, all rotted and broken up
These plum trees function gorgeously
A few days every year
In a way nobody else does. — Philip Whalen · 1970Relativism1 quote
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. — William Blake · 1799The forest1 quote
The groves were God's first temples. — William Cullen Bryant · 1824