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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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge fitter for execution than for counsel and more fit for new projects than for settled business. – Francis Bacon

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This is the foundation of all. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to discover, what nature does or may be made to do. – Francis Bacon

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Weed it and reap. – Gardening Saying

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Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

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Gardens… should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. – H.E. Bates, A Love of Flowers

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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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