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Garden Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The leaves are falling, falling as from way off, as though far gardens withered in the skies; they are falling with denying gestures. And in…
- He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments -…
- A garden is like those pernicious machineries which catch a man's coat-skirt or his hand, and draw in his arm, his leg , and his…
- The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his…
- Do what we can, summer will have its flies.
- All my hurts my garden spade can heal.
- There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
- In the woods we return to reason and faith.
- Each work of art excludes the world, concentrates attention on itself. For the time it is the only thing worth doing -to do just that;…
- The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames; The garden-walks are passional To bachelors and dames.
- All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad. In these sentences…
- To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch...
- What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
- The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
- When I go into the garden with a spade and dig a bed I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I…
- We dress our garden, eat our dinners, discuss the household with our wives, and these things make no impression, are forgotten next week; but in…
- Presently we pass to some other object which rounds itself into a whole as did the first; for example, a well-laid garden; and nothing seems…
- To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and…
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