Winifred Mary Letts quotes

Winifred Mary Letts quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“That God once loved a garden we learn in Holy writ. And seeing gardens in the Spring I well can credit it.”
-- Winifred Mary Letts

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“I saw the spires of Oxford As I was passing by, The gray spires of Oxford Against a pearl-gray sky. My heart was with the Oxford men Who went abroad to die.”
-- Winifred Mary Letts

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“[On art:] I believe that it not only enriches the spiritual life, but that it makes one more sane and sympathetic, more observant and understanding, regardless of whatever age it springs from, whatever subjects it represents.”
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
“I am officially Jewish, but Iâ€™m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.”
“A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.”
“May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, A. R. Waller (2014). “Poems”, p.88, Cambridge University Press
“"We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles, in fields d'or or d'argent; but, if heraldry were guided by reason, a plough in a field arable would be the most noble and ancient arms."”
“There is one rule in the garden that is above all others. You must give to nature more than you take. Obey it, and the earth will provide you in glorious abundance.”
“You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.”
“We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts”
“The world which credits what is done is cold to all that might have been.”

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