Greenleaf/people

Famous quotes containing the words greenleaf and/or people:

    “For, eschewing books and tasks,
    Nature answers all he asks;
    Hand in hand with her he walks;
    Face to face with her he talks,
    Part and parcel of her joy,—
    Blessings on the barefoot boy!”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

    “What people do who go into politics I can’t think; it drives me almost mad to see mismanagement over only a few hundred acres.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)