Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferieswas 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 November 1848
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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.
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An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart.
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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 thousand years ago. The stolid are alone happy.
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Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
similar
It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant.
body death merely visible
Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because after death the soul is not visible is no demonstration that it does not still live.
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To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the boldest of us have sometimes felt an unaccountable creeping in the thick darkness.
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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.
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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.
life
Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
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Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.
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I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.
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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.