Juan Carlos I of Spain famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I never had any other desire so strong, and so like covetousness, as that ... I might be master at last of a small house and a large garden, with very moderate conveniences joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my life to the culture of them and the study of nature.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
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.
It [the Sudetenland] is the last territorial claim that I have to make in Europe.
Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.
You know, it's no accident that the great painters came from areas like Europe where there is a lot of clouds and rain, which begets color and subtle washes of tone. Most great graphic artists come from areas with prevalent sun, where line and shadow are paramount.
England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe.
Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly.
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.
Taste is improved by cultivation.

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