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“This used to be among my prayers - a piece of land not so very large, which would contain a garden” quote by Horace — Download Open image

“This used to be among my prayers - a piece of land not so very large, which would contain a garden”

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“Finxerunt animi, raro et perpauca loquentis. (To action little, less to words inclinded.)”

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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.

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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

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“Natales grate numeras? (Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)”

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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - It is a sweet and becoming thing to die for ones country.

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Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

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Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.

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“You may drive out Nature with a pitchfork, yet she still will hurry back.”

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Possessions can possess you. Even a lawn can possess you. It makes you buy a garden hose. Which makes you water. Which cuts into…

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One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,…

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We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that.…

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Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives.

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If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.

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