Ode http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/128.html, l. 1. Alternately, Address to the Nightingale; historically misattributed to William Shakespeare.
Poems: In Divers Humours (1598)
Context: As it fell upon a day
In the merry month of May,
Sitting in a pleasant shade
Which a grove of myrtles made,
Beasts did leap, and birds did sing,
Trees did grow, and plants did spring;
Every thing did banish moan,
Save the nightingale alone.
“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade.”
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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936Related quotes

Garden Rose
Imagine Our Love (2007)
Context: I'll never stop a bullet but a bullet might stop me.
I'll never drink the ocean but the ocean might drink me.
And I'll never raise a portrait to a gentle man in blue
And I'll never sing a love song for a love that isn't true. I love how the garden grows
And I love the garden rose.

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“All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.”
Variant: All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
Source: Anna Karenina

"My Wardrobe", from Cautionary Tales for Dead Commuters (1985)

Passing through a small garden on the way to the gallows for his execution.
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The Glory of the Garden http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/verse/english_history/glorygarden.html, Stanza 8.
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