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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. – D. Elton Trueblood
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. – Greek proverb
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. – John Christian Bovee
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. – Thomas Peters
Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade. – Aaron Hill
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. – Nelson Henderson
Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. – Charles Dickens
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. – Greek Proverb
Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade. – Persian Proverb
Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. – Rudyard Kipling
A Shade upon the mind there passesAs when on NoonA Cloud the mighty Sun encloses. – Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. – Thomas Jefferson
Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. – Dr.
E?en as a traveller, meeting with the shade Of some o?erhanging tree, awhile reposes, Then leaves its shelter to pursue his way, So men meet friends, then part with them for ever. – The Hitopadesa
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue, But, like the shadow, proves the substance true. – Alexander Pope, Essay on Man
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life. – Thomas Jefferson
Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet, And there the voice of wailing loud; Here scholars grave in conclave meet, There howls the brawling drunken crowd; Here, charming maidens full of glee, There, tottering, withered dames we see. Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell, If here we live in heaven or hell. – Bhartrihari
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade – Benjamin Franklin
I never saw an ugly thing in my life for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. – John Constable
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. – John Constable
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. – Phillip Chesterfield
No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon - No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member - No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November! – Thomas Hood (1799-1845), in the poem called No!
Our friendships are precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part is sunshine. – Thomas Jefferson
Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade. – Charles Dickens, Great expectations
Stop obeying a dictator; you will then see that he is nothing! Stop obeying a king; you will then see that he is nothing! If you refuse the Devil, you will then see that he will shade away! – Mehmet Murat ildan

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