Essentials Quote by Francis Bacon

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

— Francis Bacon

The garden that is finished is dead.

— H. E. Bates

A garden is a grand teacher... above all it teaches entire trust.

— Gertrude Jekyll

Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

— Alfred Austin

Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration.

— Louise Erickson

The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.

— Charles Dudley Warner

The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.

— Saul Bellow

Motherhood is all about the purest of human experiences.

— Jessica Tarlov

When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

“There is no tomorrow. Time cannot be saved and spent. There is only today and how we choose to live it. The future is…

— Christopher Kimball

I begin where most people end, with a full conviction of the emptiness of all sorts of ambition, and the unsatisfactory nature of all…

— Alexander Pope

“Delaying gratification is one of the most rewarding human pleasures. In almost all cases, the anticipation of an enjoyable experience is as pleasurable as…

— Karen Amanda Hooper

Virtue is the nursing-mother of all human pleasures, who, in rendering them just, renders them also pure and permanent; in moderating them, keeps them…

— Socrates

Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of…

— Wendell Berry