Quote by John Muir
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it. – John Muir

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The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed…. One can make a day of any size, and regulate the rising and setting of his own sun and the brightness of its shining. – John Muir

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One swallow will not make spring, nor one bee honey. – Proverb

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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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Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. – Scottish proverb

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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. – Abraham Lincoln

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The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. – Francis Bacon

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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor. – Horace

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War is the statesmans game, the priests delight, the lawyers jest, the hired assassins trade. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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