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Gardening Quotes

"Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden."

"Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

Gardening, Garden, Temptation

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"What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it."

"What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it."

Charles Dudley Warner, American Journalist

Gardening, Man, Needs

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"I don't hold that everybody has to love fashion. Some people like gardening."

"I don't hold that everybody has to love fashion. Some people like gardening."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

Gardening, Love, People, Fashion

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"My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public."

"My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public."

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish Poet

Gardening, Garden, Law, Public, World

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"These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes."

"These gardens may be called the gardens of the respectable working classes."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Gardening, Gardens, May

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"As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit."

"As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Gardening, Gardens, Houses, Open, Pretty

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"Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too."

"Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too."

William Cowper, English Poet

Gardening, Garden

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"We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?"

"We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?"

Wendell Berry, American Poet

Gardening, Gardens, Question

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"It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again."

"It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again."

Roger Andrew Taylor, English Musician

Gardening, Garden

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"Gardening is not a rational act."

"Gardening is not a rational act."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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