“The sap which courses through the trees carries the memory of the red man.”
Chief Seattle (1786–1866) Duwamish chief
Misattributed
“Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.”
Manuscript, Sermons; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 384.
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