"Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity."

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Geoffrey Chaucer

#Powerful Quotes #Age Quotes #Filth Quotes

“I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.”
“Rentals sank, living rose. I could not afford help. I must be owner, agent, landlady and janitor. I loathed landladying... I tried in every way to augment my income. Small fruit, hens, rabbits, dogs - pottery... I never painted now - had neither time nor wanting. For about fifteen years I did not paint.”
“There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!”

Source : "Underdog", TV series, 1960.
“Architecture is art, nothing else.”
“But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.”
“The history of the universe and nature is being told to us by the stars, by the Earth, by the uprising and elevation of the mountains, by the animals, the woods and jungles, and by the rivers. Our task is to know how to listen and interpret the messages that are sent to us. The original peoples knew how to read every movement of the clouds, the meaning of the winds, and they knew when violent downpours were coming... We have forgotten all that.”
“I think that's in my case everything I do takes so long because I don't have one direction. I'm just doing what I feel at the moment. It would probably be good, though, to have some direction.”
“The plants we've chosen will collect and cycle Earth's minerals, water, and air; shade the soil and renew it with leafy mulch; and yield fruits and greens for people and wildlife.”

Source : Toby Hemenway (2009). “Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture”, p.175, Chelsea Green Publishing

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