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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Anne Bradstreet
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley “Let the advocate of animal food force himself to a decisive experiment on its fitness, and as Plutarch recommends, tear a living lamb with his teeth and, plunging his head into its vitals slake his thirst with the steaming blood.” ~Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Be sure to pick up any debris left over from the winter. This may include fallen limbs, leaves and litter that went unseen under the snow.” – Chris Goodman
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? – Shelley, Percy Bysshe
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.” ~Anne Bradstreet
After several failed attempts to find a northeast passage to Asia, Hudson, a veteran sea captain, sailed west and began probing N America to find a way through it by ship. In 1610, he discovered Hudson Bay but lingered too long and became trapped there by winter ice. When the weather warmed, Hudson wanted to [...]
My age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly. -Shakespeare, William
No one can look at a pine tree in winter without knowing that spring will come again in due time. Frank Bolles
“The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship.” Norman Douglas
“I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.” Duke Kahanamoku quotes