Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Women Quotes, Tree Quotes

LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.

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PALM, n. A species of tree . . . of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed . . . . This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.

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Imitate the magnificent trees that speak no word of their rapture, but only breathe largely the luminous breeze.

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The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

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The body is a sensing instrument of consciousness. Without the body and mind, the trees could not see themselves. Usually we think that we are looking at a tree, but the tree is looking at itself through us. Without this instrument, the tree does not get to see itself. We are sensing instruments of the Divine.

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The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.

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You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

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Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.

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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.

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Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly useless to any one; a blight never does good to a tree, & if a blight kill not a tree but it still bear fruit, let none say that the fruit was in consequence of the blight.

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All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree.

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This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.

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A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.

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Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.

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The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.

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The soil in return for her service keeps the tree tied to her, the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.

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Plant no other tree before the vine.

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I never knew how soothing trees are-many trees and patches of open sunlight, and tree presences; it is almost like having another being.

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We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

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Would there be trees if we didn't see them?

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