"The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young 'sow wild oats'; but when old, grow sage."

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Source : Henry James Byron (1860). “The Pilgrim of Love! A Fairy Romance, in One Act”, p.6

Henry James Byron

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“We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current Government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. Fine while there is no threat to our security. But what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?”
“Integrity starts from the inside out, not the outside in.”
“Some people think it's wrong, being single isn't right. But if you hurt the right person, you'll be wrong all your life.”

Source : Song: Reminded
“The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.”
“We all have negative days, but that doesn't mean we are pessimistic. We all do stupid things, but that doesn't mean we are stupid. It's important to be able to distinguish between what happens to us and who we are, and look forward with hope for new and better days ahead!”
“America's problem isn't too much religion or too little of it. It's bad religion: the slow-motion collapse of traditional Christianity and the rise of a variety of destructive pseudo-Christianities in its place.”

Source : Ross Douthat (2013). “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“But you know, I'm just not a quitter.”
“Blues purists never cared for me. I don't worry about it. I think if it this way: When I made 'Three O' Clock Blues,' they were not there. The people out there made the tune. And blues purists just wrote about it. The people is who I'm trying to satisfy.”

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