Quotes of Hoeing - somelinesforyou

“ I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied. ”

- Louis Fischer

“ Once while St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden, he was asked, "What would you do it you were suddenly to learn that you were to die at sunset today?" He replied, "I would finish hoeing my garden.". ”

- Unknown

“ Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then is really quite enough. Too much attention, like too much feeding, and weeding and hoeing, inhibits and embarrasses them. ”

- Victoria Glendinning
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