Reginald Farrer quotes
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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.”
-- Reginald FarrerSource : Reginald Farrer (1973). “In a Yorkshire Garden”
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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.”
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“I am fonder of my garden for the trouble it gives me.”
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“I am the fonder of my garden for all the trouble it gives me, and the grudging reward that my unending labours exact.”
-- Reginald FarrerSource : "In a Yorkshire Garden".
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“Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.”
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“Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.”
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2010). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, p.11, Harper Collins
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Source : Alamgir Hashmi (1992). “Sun and moon, and other poems”
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“If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.”
Source : Alan Bennett (2010). “The Complete Talking Heads”, p.56, Macmillan
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