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> [Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/unlike-most-great-talkers-the-rooks-are-good-workers-too/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

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## More by Flora Thompson

> [“When I am dead and in my head And all my bones are are rotten, Take this book and think of me And mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/when-i-am-dead-and-in-my-head-and-all-my-bones-are-are-rotten-take/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/special-qualities-are-required-of-the-essayist-a-poem-or-a-novel-may/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above a quiet mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/any-artwork-needs-time-and-patience-and-needs-above-a-quiet-mind/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [Other days, other ways; and, although they have now been greatly improved upon, the old country midwives did at least succeed in bringing into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/other-days-other-ways-and-although-they-have-now-been-greatly/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [I do not compare the past with the present without a prejudice for either, but, great as the improvement in country life is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/i-do-not-compare-the-past-with-the-present-without-a-prejudice-for/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [No age can have everthing and in material ways ours is more fortunate than any preceding one. Our ancestors appear to have mastered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/no-age-can-have-everthing-and-in-material-ways-ours-is-more-fortunate/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/we-cannot-bring-the-good-old-days-back-but-if-we-must-eat-mass-made/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/what-greater-restoratives-have-we-poor-mortals-than-a-good-meal-taken/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [So quiet and subtle is the beauty of December that escapes the notice of many people their whole lives through. Colour gives way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/so-quiet-and-subtle-is-the-beauty-of-december-that-escapes-the-notice/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [“No, I be-ant expectin' nothin', but I be so yarnin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/no-i-be-ant-expectin-nothin-but-i-be-so-yarnin/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [Now, with the glamour of the past upon them we are inclined to look back on old world festivities with regret and consider present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/now-with-the-glamour-of-the-past-upon-them-we-are-inclined-to-look/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [Strict honesty was the policy of most of them; although there were a few who were said to 'find anything before 'tis lost' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/strict-honesty-was-the-policy-of-most-of-them-although-there-were-a/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [The harvest-home or supper is a thing of the past. To those who feel the fascination of the past this may appear sad, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/the-harvest-home-or-supper-is-a-thing-of-the-past-to-those-who-feel/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/alas-in-nature-as-in-art-we-gain-only-according-to-our-capacity-you/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

> [It is the fashion to talk of our changing climate and bewail the hot summers and hard winters of tradition, but how seldom we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-thompson/it-is-the-fashion-to-talk-of-our-changing-climate-and-bewail-the-hot/)

[Flora Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-thompson/)

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