"But well-a-day, the gardener careless grew, The maids and fairies both were kept away, And in a drought the caterpillars threw Themselves upon the bud and every spray. God shield the stock! if Heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies."

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Source : William Browne, of Tavistock, “The Rose”

William Browne

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“I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.”

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“Political means so many things. We are political willy-nilly. Political poetry is an easy invitation to disaster. But then so is love poetry. But we are a little more patient with bad love poetry.”

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“To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything. Between what I do recognize and what I do not recognize there stands myself. And what I do not recognize I shall continue not to recognize.”
“To prevent inquiry is amongst the worst of evils.”
“The good things of life do not fall from the skies. They can only come by hard work and over a long time. The government cannot produce results unless the people support and sustain the work of the government. There may be times when, in the interest of the whole community, we may have to take steps that are unpopular with a section of the community. On such occasions, remember that the principle which guides our actions is that the paramount interest of the whole community must prevail.”
“For centuries many of the world's distinguished philosophers have assaulted Christianity as being irrational, superstitious and absurd.”
“It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of power they principally regret the want of occupation.”
“When I started to write culinary mysteries, I did it because nobody was doing it anymore.”

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