Elected Silence, sing to me And beat upon my whorlèd ear, Pipe me to pastures still and be The music that I care to hear. Gerard Manley Hopkins
Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river And watch the stream flow Recall all the dreams That you once used to know The things you've forgotten That took you away To pastures not greener but meaner. Van Morrison
Look around you - this [land] is cold, inhospitable. Only the strong survive. Here there are no green fields, no verdant pastures. A warrior is old by the time he is thirty. We have no energy to spend on pretty words. David Gemmell
He that believes in dreams pastures the winds. Bulgarian Proverb
Grass is greener in other pastures. Dutch Proverb
Fat pastures make fat venison. French Proverb