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Reginald Farrer quotes

Life: February 17, 1880 - October 17, 1920

Birthday: February 17

Death: October 17

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I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant of Nature, not her truculent, wife-beating master. I think the true gardener, the older he grows, should more and more develop a humble, grateful and uncertain spirit.

source: - Reginald Farrer (1973). “In a Yorkshire Garden”

Topics: Gratitude, Cheer, Flower, Wife Beating

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All the wars of the world, all the Caesars, have not the staying power of a lily in a cottage garden.

Topics: War, Garden, World, Staying Power

I am fonder of my garden for the trouble it gives me.

Topics: Garden, Giving, Trouble

I am the fonder of my garden for all the trouble it gives me, and the grudging reward that my unending labours exact.

source: - "In a Yorkshire Garden".

Topics: Garden, Giving, Trouble

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