Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

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About William Cowper

William Cowper ( KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 (Julian) / 26 November 1731 (Gregorian) – 14 April 1800 (Julian) / 25 April 1800 (Gregorian)) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.

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And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.

—William Cowper

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Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt.

—William Cowper

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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

—William Cowper

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Use plants to bring life.

—Douglas Wilson

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The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

—Tennessee Williams

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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

—Mitch Hedberg

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An environmental setting developed over millions of years must be considered to have some merit. Anything so complicated as a planet, inhabited by more than a million and a half species of plants and animals, all of them living together in a more or less balanced equilibrium in which they continually use and reuse the same molecules of the soil and air, cannot be improved by aimless and uninformed tinkering.