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Quote by Frank Swinnerton
When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have

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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In almost every garden, the land is made better and so is the gardener. – Robert Rodale (1930–1990)

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