Fertile Quote by David Hume

The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.

— Plutarch

Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Genius in a person was like weed that takes over the entire garden, that won't allow anything else to grow. (p. 251)”

— Rebecca Goldstein

A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.

— Benjamin Franklin

“A fertile mind may still produce many weeds.”

— Revel

The best ground untilled, soonest runs out into rank weeds. A man of knowledge that is negligent or uncorrected, cannot but grow wild and…

— Joseph Hall

Genius is native to the soil where it grows — is fed by the air, and warmed by the sun — and is not…

— William Hazlitt

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the air, and warmed by the sun; and is not…

— William Hazlitt

“Good things lost amid a wilderness of weeds, to be sure, whose rankness far overtopped their neglected growth; yet, notwithstanding, evidence of a wealthy…

— Emily Brontë

“Once your soil is fertile and weed-free, everything else becomes easier.”

— Charles Dowding

The true gardener then brushes over the ground with slow and gentle hand, to liberate a space for breath round some favorites; but he…

— Freya Stark