We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. – William Ellery Channing

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
smile
category

The person thats always talkin, you dont have to worry about that person. The person that while youre in his face, hes just lookin at you with a smile on his face, thats the guy you worry about. – Michael Clarke Duncan

Category:
smile

Ive always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I dont write about it. – Robert Smith

Category:
smile

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. – Stephen Rea

Category:
smile

The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future. – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Category:
smile

Random Quotes

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye. – Austin OMalley

Category:
Happiness

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously. – Andre Malraux

Category:
Peace

Ive had an interest in politics since I was a little kid. – Rand Paul

Category:
Politics

Id fallen in love with a woman but she broke up with me and I was devastated. Six months later, I went into a suicidal depression from the break-up of the relationship, but I resolved to not do what my friends had done. And so I reached out for help. – Aron Ralston

Category:
relationship