327 Quotes About Butterfly
- Author George H. W. Bush
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The only time I had any butterflies was when I stood up and backed toward the open door and looked down.
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- Author Gerald Brenan
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We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure.
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- Author Geraldine Brooks
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She was like a butterfly, full of color and vibrancy when she chose to open her wings, yet hardly visible when she closed them.
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- Author Henry Walter Bates
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The study of butterflies-creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity-instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the most important branches of Biological science.
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- Author Henry Ward Beecher
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I would much rather fight pride than vanity, because pride has a stand-up way of fighting. You know where it is. It throws its black shadow on you, and you are not at a loss where to strike. But vanity is that delusive, that insectiferous, that multiplied feeling, and men that fight vanities are like men that fight midges and butterflies. It is easier to chase them than to hit them.
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- Author Matsuo Bashō
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With every gust of wind, the butterfly changes its place on the willow.
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- Author Matsuo Bashō
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Ballet in the air... Twin butterflies until, twice white They Meet, they mate
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- Author Matsuo Bashō
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Orchidbreathing incense into butterfly's wings
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- Author Matsuo Bashō
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Come, butterfly It's late- We've miles to go together.
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