Stems Beginning

Famous quotes containing the words stems and/or beginning:

    One who pressed forward incessantly and never rested from his labors, who grew fast and made infinite demands on life, would always find himself in a new country or wilderness, and surrounded by the raw material of life. He would be climbing over the prostrate stems of primitive forest-trees.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)