Cat Quote by Vita Sackville-West

“There is always something else to do. A gardener should have nine times as many lives as a cat.”

Vita Sackville-West

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Successful gardening is not necessarily a question of wealth, it is a question of love, taste, and knowledge.

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What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

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My garden all is overblown with roses,/ My spirit all is overblown with rhyme,

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Nothing shows up the difference between the things said or read, so much as the daily experience of it.

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how poor and disheartening a thing is experience compared with hope!

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