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Ground Quotes

Men did not make the earth. It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds Picture Quote #1

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand Picture Quote #1

Not, not mine: it’s somebody else’s wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away Picture Quote #1

The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground Picture Quote #1

Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence Picture Quote #1

Progress? There’s no such thing as progress. There’s only change. You dig a hole in the ground, you build up a city, and you fight a war, and you call it progress? Picture Quote #1

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Lightning, your presence from ground to sky, no one knows what becomes of me, when you take me so quickly Picture Quote #1

Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are Picture Quote #1

You are a fountain of the sun’s light. I am a willow shadow on the ground. You make my raggedness silky Picture Quote #1

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground Picture Quote #1

Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay Picture Quote #1

A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground Picture Quote #1

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I know of no redeeming qualities in myself but a sincere love for some things, and when I am reproved I fall back on to this ground Picture Quote #1

The fact of the religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human life is a flash of occasional enjoyments lighting up a mass of pain and misery, a bagatelle of transient experience Picture Quote #1

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground Picture Quote #1

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground Picture Quote #1

The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads Picture Quote #1

The traveler that resolutely follows a rough and winding path will sooner reach the end of his journey than he that is always changing his direction, and wastes the hour of daylight in looking for smoother ground and shorter passages Picture Quote #1

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The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground Picture Quote #1

Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground Picture Quote #1

A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface! Picture Quote #1

With many readers, brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under ground Picture Quote #1

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance Picture Quote #1

Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you’re moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally Picture Quote #1

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It’s hard to get personal films off the ground, and it’s hard developing them Picture Quote #1

I drive a hybrid, and we’ve changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else Picture Quote #1

My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either Picture Quote #1

Consumers desiring a better world have already achieved some successes in this regard, helping to transform several industries from the ground up Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it’s more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on Picture Quote #1

What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig Picture Quote #1

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Men did not make the earth. It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds (Ground Quotes) My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand (Ground Quotes) Not, not mine: it’s somebody else’s wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away (Ground Quotes) The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground (Ground Quotes) Our greatest furies spring from events which violate our sense of the ground of our existence (Ground Quotes) Progress? There’s no such thing as progress. There’s only change. You dig a hole in the ground, you build up a city, and you fight a war, and you call it progress? (Ground Quotes) Lightning, your presence from ground to sky, no one knows what becomes of me, when you take me so quickly (Ground Quotes) Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are (Ground Quotes) You are a fountain of the sun’s light. I am a willow shadow on the ground. You make my raggedness silky (Ground Quotes) Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground (Ground Quotes) Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay (Ground Quotes) A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground (Ground Quotes) I know of no redeeming qualities in myself but a sincere love for some things, and when I am reproved I fall back on to this ground (Ground Quotes) The fact of the religious vision, and its history of persistent expansion, is our one ground for optimism. Apart from it, human life is a flash of occasional enjoyments lighting up a mass of pain and misery, a bagatelle of transient experience (Ground Quotes) The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground (Ground Quotes) We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground (Ground Quotes) The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads (Ground Quotes) The traveler that resolutely follows a rough and winding path will sooner reach the end of his journey than he that is always changing his direction, and wastes the hour of daylight in looking for smoother ground and shorter passages (Ground Quotes) The lightning flashes through my skull; mine eyeballs ache and ache; my whole beaten brain seems as beheaded, and rolling on some stunning ground (Ground Quotes) Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground (Ground Quotes) A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface! (Ground Quotes) With many readers, brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought; they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under ground (Ground Quotes) By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance (Ground Quotes) Hypocrisy is not a way of getting back to the moral high ground. Pretending you’re moral, saying your moral is not the same as acting morally (Ground Quotes) It’s hard to get personal films off the ground, and it’s hard developing them (Ground Quotes) I drive a hybrid, and we’ve changed our light bulbs and windows and installed solar panels and geothermal ground source heat pumps and most everything else (Ground Quotes) My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either (Ground Quotes) Consumers desiring a better world have already achieved some successes in this regard, helping to transform several industries from the ground up (Ground Quotes) I don’t think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it’s more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on (Ground Quotes) What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig (Ground Quotes)

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