American - Author | April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921
He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.
John Burroughs
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To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
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It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.
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If you think you can do it, you can.
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In winter, the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity. Summer is more wooing and seductive, more versatile and human, appeals to the affections and the sentiments, and fosters inquiry and the art impulse.
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A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
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All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better.
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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.
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Leap, and the net will appear.
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For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
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The country is more of a wilderness, more of a wild solitude, in the winter than in the summer. The wild comes out. The urban, the cultivated, is hidden or negatived.
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