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Quotes from In Veronica's Garden — Alfred Austin

1835–1913 England

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Whatever else he may do, a critic reveals and criticises himself.

In Veronica's Garden (1895)

A writer cannot take his occupation too seriously. He cannot take himself too lightly.

In Veronica's Garden (1895)

[H]e who saves an ancient tree does better even than he who plants a new one.

In Veronica's Garden (1895)

[A]mbition should be spoken of as not the last, but the first infirmity of noble minds, of which they gradually purge themselves as they grow more mature.

In Veronica's Garden (1895)

If you are not something of a philosopher,—and by philosophy I understand a serene temper, and the maintaining of an equable mind under the sharpest disappointments,—I do not advise you to cultivate, or at any rate to grow enamoured of, a garden.

In Veronica's Garden (1895)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfred Austin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.