TREE

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1. He shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river.—Bible, Jeremiah 17:8
   

2. The axe is laid unto the root of the trees.—Bible, Luke 3:9
   

3. He plants trees to benefit another generation.—CAECILIUS STATIUS, Synephebi
   

4. I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.—WILLA CATHER, O Pioneers
   

5. I think that I shall never see
   A poem lovely as a tree.—JOYCE KILMER, Trees
   

6. Poems are made by fools like me,
   But only God can make a tree.—JOYCE KILMER, Trees
   

7. If a tree dies, plant another in its place.—LINNAEUS
   

8. Woodman, spare that tree!
   Touch not a single bough!
   In youth it sheltered me,
   And I'll protect it now.—MORRIS, Woodman, Spare that Tree
   

9. He that plants trees loves others besides himself.—Proverb
   

10. The tree is no sooner down, but every one runs for his hatchet.—Proverb
    

11. A tree is known by its fruit.—Proverb
    

12. Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.—SCOTT, The Heart of Midlothian
    

13. Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.—BERNARD SHAW, Maxims for Revolutionists
    

14. A man does not plant a tree for himself, he plants it for posterity.—ALEXANDER SMITH, Dreamthorp
    

15. I shall be like that tree,—I shall die at the top.—SWIFT
    

16. He that planteth a tree is a servant of God,
    He provideth a kindness for many generations,
    And faces that he hath not seen shall bless him.—HENRY VAN DYKE, The Friendly Trees
    

17. A brotherhood of venerable trees.—WORDSWORTH, Sonnet