"Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."
-William Cowper
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"God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm."
-William Cowper
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"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."
-William Cowper
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"How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home."
-William Cowper
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"Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair."
-William Cowper
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"Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God."
-William Cowper
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"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul."
-Luther Burbank
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway."
-Michael Pollan
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"Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade."
-Rudyard Kipling
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"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get."
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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"It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees."
-George Eliot
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