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The dog is often quick to resent a kick, be it from man or beast, but I have never known him to show anger at the door that slammed to and hit him. Probably, if the door held him by his tail or his limb, it would quickly receive the imprint of his teeth.
— John Burroughs
Tags: never, dog, anger, man

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If you think you can do it, you can.
— John Burroughs
Tags: think, you, motivational
All birds are incipient or would-be songsters in the spring. I find corroborative evidence of this even in the crowing of the cock.
— John Burroughs
Tags: evidence, find, birds, spring
Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.
— John Burroughs
Tags: life-is-a, struggle, life
Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
— John Burroughs
Tags: literature, religion, art, beautiful
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
— John Burroughs
Tags: accept, go, alone, science
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