William Lawson famous quotes

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What is paradise, but, a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing there but delights.
-- William Lawson

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What more delightsome than an infinite varietie of sweet smelling flowers? decking with sundry colours the greene mantle of the Earth, the universall Mother of us all, so by them bespotted, so dyed, that all the world cannot sample them, and wherein it is more fit to admire the Dyer, than imitate his workemanship. Colouring not onely the earth, but decking the ayre, and sweetning every breath and spirit.
-- William Lawson

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... store of bees, in a dry and warme bee-house, comely made of fir boards, to sing, and sit, and feede upon your flowers and sprouts, make a pleasant noyse and sight. For cleanly and innocent bees, of all other things, love and become, and thrive in your orchard. If they thrive (as they must needs if your gardiner be skilfull, and love them: for they love their friends and hate none but their enemies) they will besides the pleasure, yeeld great profit, to pay him his wages; yea the increase of twenty stock of stools with other bees, will keep your orchard.
-- William Lawson

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A garden makes all our senses swim with pleasure.
-- William Lawson

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Whoever has not learned to let Nature have her way is not fit for a gardener, or, for that matter, for a contented soul. A garden makes all our senses swim with pleasure.
-- William Lawson

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There is no emptiness of soul ever for those whose life is devoted to God.
-- William Lawson

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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.
Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.
A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.
Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.
When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.
The tree of life for me is a symbol of abundance and eternal life.
Religion becomes a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.
The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society.

William Lawson famous quotes

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