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Favourite Quotes by Robert Fortune
- The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all…
- So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his…
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- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. — Tallulah Bankhead
- Blakes Hotel in South Kensington was a particular favourite of mine during what I affectionately think of as my Restless Years. — Julie Burchill
- Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and… — Eduardo Galeano
- History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. — Daniel J. Boorstin
- What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? — Bertolt Brecht
- I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this… — Robert Burns