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Quote by John Burroughs
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. – John Burroughs

Other quotes by John Burroughs

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these. – John Burroughs

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Personality
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John Burroughs
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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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Birds
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John Burroughs
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Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. – John Burroughs

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Science
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The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun. – George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant, 1950

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Society

Information and communications technology unlocks the value of time, allowing and enabling multi-tasking, multi-channels, multi-this and multi-that. – Li Ka Shing

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Society

Were an air bag society that wants guarantees on everything that we buy. We want to be able to take everything back and get another one. We want a 401-k plan and Social Security. – James Hillman

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Society

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society. – Lewis Mumford

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Society

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I have no fear of being less beautiful, Ive always been afraid of not being beautiful. – Isabelle Adjani

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Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. – Brigitte Bardot

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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Im not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. Ill try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but Im not sure if Ill be able to. – Silvio Berlusconi

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