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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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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. – Francis Bacon

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Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon

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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – Francis Bacon

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Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles. – Greg Peterson, My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard: The Story of the Urban Farm, 2009

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We spend our lives hurrying away from the real, as though it were deadly to us. “It must be up there somewhere on the horizon,” we think. And all the time it is in the soil, right beneath our feet. – William Bryant Logan, Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

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Farming is a profession of hope. – Brian Brett

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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. – Spanish Proverb

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