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Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.

Quotes from Charles Dudley Warner

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

—Charles Dudley Warner

health back gardening

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life—this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

—Charles Dudley Warner

light farming delight growing agriculture

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

—Charles Dudley Warner

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

—Charles Dudley Warner

The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions.… Mud pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. Fondness for the ground comes back to a man after he has run the round of pleasure and business,

—Charles Dudley Warner

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

—Charles Dudley Warner