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But the snobs are ever with us, snobs of art, of place, of pelf.
And, reading this, I rather think I might be one myself.

— C. J. Dennis

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Professional gardeners are usually rather earthy uncommunicative men with a deliberate manner, a slight stoop and the dull-fish-like eye of the confirmed pessimist.

You might grow bored with being good;
And, furthermore, I think you would.

Love is a gamble, an' there ain't no certs.

For many years it has been my habit to divide gardeners into three classes. These are professional gardeners, professional amateur gardeners, and amateur amateur gardeners.

"Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends,
Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends."

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