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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little

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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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. – John Adams

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It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. – Charles Dickens

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

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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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