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Flower Quotes by Karel Capek

9 Flower quotes by Karel Capek

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Karel Capek’s nine short musings on blossoms give a compact glimpse into his imaginative view of nature’s delicate forms. Though the list is brief, each quote carries his characteristic blend of curiosity and wit, offering a quick entry into his floral thoughts.

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All the year round there is spring, all through life is youth; there is always something which may flower.

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You ought to know that October is the first Spring month.

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There are several ways to lay out a little garden; the best way is to get a gardener.

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“A garden is never finished. In that sense it is like the human world and all human undertakings.”

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Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to…

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After his death the gardener does not become a butterfly, intoxicated by the perfumes of the flowers, but a garden worm tasting…

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Only years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples…

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I find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the soil. He…

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While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is…

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Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather,…

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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

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“It is a foible of our human nature that when we have an extremely unpleasant experience, it gives us a peculiar satisfaction if it…

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