Gardening Quote by Karel Čapek

““A garden is never finished. In that sense it is like the human world and all human undertakings.””

Karel Čapek

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“His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange his cuttings under the indulgent eyes of Mrs. Povondra who knew that every man is partly mad and partly a little child; it was better for him to play with his cuttings than to go out drinking and…

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“Nobody can hate man more than man.”

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People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.

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“It is a well–known fact that the greater a man is the less he has on his door–plate.”

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Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather,…

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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.

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