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Quote by Aldo Leopold
There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the d

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace. – Aldo Leopold

Other quotes by Aldo Leopold

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. – Aldo Leopold

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environmental
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Aldo Leopold
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A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. – Aldo Leopold

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Beauty
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Aldo Leopold
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In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. – Aldo Leopold

Category:
Springtime
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Aldo Leopold
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Other Quotes from
Gardens
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In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. – Sam Llewelyn

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Gardens

O ye Sun and Moon, oh ye beans and roses, oh ye jigs and juleps, Bless ye the Lord, Praise Him and Magnify Him Forever. Amen. – Virginia Cary Hudson, “Gardening,” O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, 1962

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Gardens

If I finish my day with no garden dirt under my fingernails and nothing new learned, it is a day wasted! – Valerie Clague

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Gardens

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. – Douglas William Jerrold, about Australia, A Land of Plenty

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Gardens

Random Quotes

My musical knowledge is so bad its embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo. – Jane Campion

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Knowledge

The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didnt have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored. – Scott Caan

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movies

Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs. – Fran Lebowitz

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Nature

Im floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians. – Haley Barbour

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Leadership