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Garden Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to…
- I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural.
- Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.
- But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.
- I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company.
- I have often thought that if heaven had given me choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of…
- No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
- Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God.
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