Famous quotes containing the words living, land and/or plants:
“If you live near the mountains, live off the hills, and if you live near the water, make your living there.”
—Chinese proverb.
“That garret of the earth—that knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“Probably if our lives were more conformed to nature, we should not need to defend ourselves against her heats and colds, but find her our constant nurse and friend, as do plants and quadrupeds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)