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Travels during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789: undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of the kingdom of France

Book by Arthur Young · 3 quotes · Turns, Bleak, Desert

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Travels during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789: undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of the kingdom of France Quotes

“Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.”

“The magic of property turns sand to gold.”

“There is a great difference between a good physician and a bad one; yet very little between a good one and none at all.”