01UndatedOne marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.Robert Fortune / quote ↗
02UndatedSometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth.Robert Fortune / quote ↗
Edsverb reading card道Tao Te ChingLaozi (traditional attribution)Free edition · US public domainJames Legge translation; publication year not supplied in the linked digitized textRelated reading on nature; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗
Edsverb reading card☼The ProphetKahlil GibranFree edition · US public domain1923 English editionRelated reading on love; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗
Edsverb reading card◌The Essential RumiJalal al-Din RumiRecommended reading · copyrightedCastle Books edition, 1997; Coleman Barks selectionRelated reading on love; this is an editorial connection, not the source of the saying.About this book ↗