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Garden Quotes by Charles Lamb
- A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it.
- I am Retired Leisure. I am to be met with in trim gardens. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and…
- There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and…
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- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. — Margaret Atwood
- Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
- That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. — Alfred Austin
- There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some… — Alfred Austin
- Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
- Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture… — Diane Ackerman
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon