Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Floweret Wondrous Fair, Stanza 8. John S. Dwight's translation; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 597.

The beauteous pink I would not slight. Pride of the gardener's leisure.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Flowers

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