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Quote by Maurice Maeterlinck
If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only h

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man. – Maurice Maeterlinck

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The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy. – Emily Dickinson

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It is not how busy you are, but why you are busy — the bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted. – Author Unknown

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Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them. – James Ellis, quoted in Edge-Tools of Speech by Maturin M. Ballou, 1899

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[L]et us linger awhile in the wonderful old Lilac walk. It is a glory of tender green and shaded amethyst and grateful hum of bees, the very voice of Spring. – Alice Morse Earle, “In Lilac Tide,” Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth, 1901

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