Society is like a lawn, where every roughness is smoothed, every
bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling
verdure of a velvet surface. He, however, who would study nature
in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore
the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.
-- Washington Irving
bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling
verdure of a velvet surface. He, however, who would study nature
in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore
the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.
-- Washington Irving
Related:
- Who shits in the forest must remember where when lost.
Chinese... - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
John Dryden (1631-1700) -- All for Love,... - Every dog must have its day.
--
Jonathan... - However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise.
There is no position on which people are so immovable... - We need the tonic of wildness...We can never have enough of nature.
We must be refreshed by thesight of inexhaustible vigor... - Where is the man who has the power and skill
To stem the torrent of a woman's will?
For if she will, she will, you may depend on't; And... - Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
Charles... - Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies,
And catch the manners living as they rise;
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate... - Why must every generation think their folks are
square...
