#flower

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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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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Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost. ↗

— Barry Williams

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The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

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If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ↗

— Walter Hagen

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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

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