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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

Other quotes by John Muir

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. – John Muir

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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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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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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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