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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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A bachelors life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner. – Francis Bacon

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They that deny a God destroy mans nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. – Francis Bacon

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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. – Francis Bacon

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Half the interest of a garden is the constant exercise of the imagination. – Mrs. C.W. Earle, Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden, 1897 (Thanks, Jessica)

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In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. – Abram L. Urban

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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 soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all. – Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America

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A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. – Chinese Proverb

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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. – Sam Levenson, You Don’t Have to Be in “Who’s Who” to Know What&#8217

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