Quotes by Richard Jefferies

About Richard Jefferies:

John Richard Jefferies was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart.

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Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?

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When even the most strictly logical mind looks round and investigates the phenomena attending its own existence, perhaps the first fact to attract attention by its strongly marked prominence is the remarkable loneliness of man. He stands alone.

Richard Jefferies

A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must be solitary.

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Beauty - what is beauty, forsooth? Form and color; that is, surface only. Fortune - what is fortune? Nothing is ever a pleasure or a real profit to him who has to labour for it. Truth - you die in the pursuit, and the sea beats the beach as it did a ...

Richard Jefferies

The lover of nature has the highest art in his soul.

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It is eternity now. I am in the midst of it. It is about me in the sunshine; I am in it as the butterfly in the light-laden air. Nothing has to come; it is now. Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.

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This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness.

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The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

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The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human foot has been.

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It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.

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The 'crownd' is still the unit, the favourite coin of the labourers, especially the elder folk. They use the word something in the same sense as the dollar, and look with regret upon the gradual disappearance of the broad silver disc with the figure ...

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A woman can see a woman so clearly - faluts, excellences, details - all are so clear to her.

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Every woman likes her own way, but no woman can endure to see another woman master even over a man who does not concern her.

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There are people in this servile world who will endure any trampling, and at the first beck rush delightedly to proffer their assistance.

Richard Jefferies

The workman in the true sense of the word - the artist in guns - is either extinct, or hidden in an obscure corner. There is no individuality about modern guns. One is exactly like another.

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The labourer's muscle is that of a cart-horse, his motions lumbering and slow.

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Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a man who believes that he is entitled to a large property in Chancery, or elsewhere, as the heir.

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Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.

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It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard Jefferies
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • BornNovember 6, 1848
  • DiedAugust 14, 1887
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer