American - Author | April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921
There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.
John Burroughs
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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.
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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.
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A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
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One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.
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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.
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It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
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The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds - how many human aspirations are realized in their free, holiday-lives, and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
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I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.
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We now use the word 'nature' very much as our fathers used the word 'God.'
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