Quote by Francis Bacon
God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest

God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure. – Francis Bacon

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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. – Francis Bacon

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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. – Francis Bacon

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In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Life begins the day you start a garden. – Chinese Proverb

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Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden…. It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us poor mortals, inviting us with sunny smiles to confide in her, and then, when we are entirely within her power, striking us to the heart. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks

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When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved. – Frank Swinnerton

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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more. – Aristotle

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