It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. – George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down. – George Eliot
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. – George Eliot
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. – George Eliot
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society. – Andrew Weil