#soils

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#destroys #forests #fresh #giving #itself

The production of natural resources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, stable natural hydrological cycles, fertile soils, a balanced climate and numerous other vital ecosystem services can only be permanently secured through the protection and sustainable use of biological diversity. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#balanced #biological #climate #cycles #diversity

Bad conduct soils the finest ornament more than filth. ↗

— Plautus

#conduct #filth #finest #more #ornament

It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#knows #men #owner #soils #sometimes

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#although #few #gold #know #knowing