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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

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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John Burroughs
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Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at all hours, and the bread and wine are from the heart and marrow of Mother Earth. – John Burroughs

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Earth
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Other Quotes from
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Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Society

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society. – will.i.am

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Society

The runway symbolizes something in society thats very intimidating to women. – Tyra Banks

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Society

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Society

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A blogger is an average person who happens to have a need to count his friends every half hour. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. – Voltaire

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Religion

If youre extremely, painfully frightened of age, it shows. – Jeanne Moreau

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Age

History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies. – Frederick Maurice Powicke, Three Lectures

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History