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I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave. -

I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave. – Sydney Smith

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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith

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Anybody can be good in the country. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams

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When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country. – William Hazlitt, Table Talk

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When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me! – Henri Rousseau

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