#flower

The Amen of nature is always a flower. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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There is no road of flowers leading to glory. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

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Sweet April showers do spring May flowers. ↗

— Thomas Tusser

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It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom. ↗

— Alice Walker

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Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? ↗

— Alice Walker

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It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going. ↗

— David Walliams

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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. ↗

— Mao Zedong

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