God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

万能的上帝首先种植了一个花园。的确,这是人类最纯粹的快乐。

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The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.

世界不说话。只有我们做的。一旦我们用一种语言给自己编程,这个世界就能让我们持有信念。但它不能为我们提供一种语言。只有其他人类才能做到这一点。

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

任何让我们放慢脚步、迫使我们保持耐心的事情,任何让我们重新回到大自然的慢循环中的事情,都是有帮助的。园艺是优雅的工具。

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

我不知道有什么伟人,除了那些为人类作出过巨大贡献的人。

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered .

什么是杂草?一种美德尚未被发现的植物。