Garden of The Gods

Famous quotes containing the words the gods, garden of, garden and/or gods:

    The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.
    Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

    we know our end
    A packet of worm-seed, a garden of spent tissues.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    The wisest conservatism is that of the Hindoos. “Immemorial custom is transcendental law,” says Menu. That is, it was the custom of the gods before men used it. The fault of our New England custom is that it is memorial. What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)