North Pond

Famous quotes containing the words north and/or pond:

“Refinement’s origin:
the remote north country’s
rice-planting song.”
—Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)

“What if all ponds were shallow? Would it not react on the minds of men? I am thankful that this pond was made deep and pure for a symbol. While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)