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Garden Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.
- It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. To…
- What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.
- He walked by instinct along one white road, on which early birds hopped and sang, and found himself outside a fenced garden. There he saw…
- [V]ariety of climate should always go with stability of abode.... an Englishman’s house is not only his castle; it is his fairy castle. Clouds and…
- On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying…
- A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with…
More Garden Quotes
- 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