Gardening Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

12 Gardening quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Goethe’s garden musings are short, but each line hints at his deep curiosity about life’s cycles. This modest set offers a taste of his lyrical observations on planting, seasons, and the balance between order and wildness.

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Flowers are the beautiful hieroglyphics of nature with which she indicates how much she loves us.

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Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky.

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If it is the greatest truth that you seek, the plants can direct you.

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If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.

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The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.

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Plants and flowers of the commonest kind can form a pleasing diary, because nothing which calls back to us the remembrance of…

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A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat…

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To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That…

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A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd…

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The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the…

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The bed of flowers Loosens amain, The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain. The crocus opens Its glowing bud, Like emeralds others,…

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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels…

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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

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Our foibles are really what make us lovable.

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.

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Giving is the business of the rich.

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Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

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