Each tree Laden with fairest fruit, that hung to th' eye Tempting, stirr'd in me sudden appetite To pluck and eat.
You can date the evolving life of a mind, like the age of a tree, by the rings of friendship formed by the expanding central trunk.
Hard to find anything lovelier than a tree. They grow at right angles to a tangent of the nominal sphere of the Earth.
In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.
Self-care has to be a conscious effort, because I often think there's a whole family tree of people who come before I do.
The possible solutions to a given problem emerge as the leaves of a tree, each node representing a point of deliberation and decision.
What is it?” “A prayer.” “For a child?” She nodded. “For me?” Another nod. “On a tree?” “Trees spend all day looking up at God.
As always, the ones who aren't saints make the most noise...a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn't.
It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.
A Canadian settler hates a tree, regards it as his natural enemy, as something to be destroyed, eradicated, annihilated by all and any means.
Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you
Every acorn on the ground is just as alive as the three-hundred-year-old oak tree that towers over it.
I was self-conscious of what I would call my "tree-trunk legs" because they are very muscular... but now I've learned to love them.
Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky.
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
Well I know the secret places, And the nests in hedge and tree; At what doors are friendly faces, In what hearts are thoughts of me.
Trees have feelings too, and no one ever says 'hi' to them. Next time you're outside and see a tree, say 'hello'.
With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.
I was in a Rite Aid... and fell into a Christmas tree display. None other than Shia LaBeouf helped me out of it.
The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.
Some young folks have wind-fall minds, prematurely detached from the tree of knowledge for a life-long sourness and pettiness.
A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.
Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate
People moved in across the street and are immediately cutting down a huge tree. Their toothbrushes will know my buttonhole.
We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.
The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly.
The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don't trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.
The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing in front of a candle making shadows of people on a tree.
I am a romantic. I want to cry when I throw out my Christmas tree, and I have a lot of feelings about magic and fantasy.
I don't know if that's a year's bad luck, or if that's how it works. But stealing a Christmas tree - that can't be a good thing, karma-wise.
Emily And her love to be Carved in a heart On a berry tree But it's only a little farewell lovespell Time to design a woman
The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale.
A mathematician who can only generalise is like a monkey who can only climb up a tree, and a mathematician who can only specialise is like a monkey who can only climb down a tree. In fact neither the up monkey nor the down monkey is a viable creature. A real monkey must find food and escape his enemies and so must be able to incessantly climb up and down. A real mathematician must be able to generalise and specialise.
The strength of a tree, the old ones say, comes not from growing thicker in the good years when there is water, but from staying alive in the bad, dry times.
Truthfully, he lives right next to the Sexy Tree and I think that's the only thing that bothers me about this whole situation.
When an office begins to look like a family tree, you'll find worms tucked away snug and cheerful in most of the apples.
To science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder.
The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.
Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.
One Tree Hill was a great learning opportunity for me, and Im excited to go and apply that elsewhere and see where I end up.
I was a very spastic kid who loved to see how high he could climb a tree. That's just the way I've always been.
Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.
A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.
My hands resemble some ancient tree: the roots that bind up the earth, the rock and the ceaselessly nibbling wordms.
Sometimes @BrookeShields rolls into your party dressed as a Christmas tree, carrying a bucket of KFC. pic.twitter.com/DTtZkZY4cB
I'm not an extreme tree-hugger. I do believe trees grow and are a useful agricultural product that can be harvested without damaging the ecology and wildlife.
Part of the trouble is that I've never properly understood that some disasters accumulate, that they don't all land like a child out of an apple tree.
I'm not speaking metaphorically, plants that you have in your house, or if you've ever made friends with a tree somewhere, there is a moment that these beings can aid you.
The Lord is in everything that's in creation. So, when you look at a tree, it's really a reflection of God. You see it in other people - that's him too, you know?
Being from California, my parents are very eco-friendly and I feel like I've been nurtured by a tree-hugger family in a way.
Even if each individual plants and protects a single tree, it will save the world and benefit several generations to come.
A tree nowhere offers a straight line or a regular curve, but who doubts that root, trunk, boughs, and leaves embody geometry?
Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
I rarely step on sidewalk cracks. I don't wear a watch. I touch my favorite tree before going on long trips.
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
The moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screechowl.
Every tree and plant in the medouw seemed to be dancing, those with average eyes would see as fixed and still.
Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.
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