8 Quotes & Sayings By Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin was born in London in 1869. He trained as a civil engineer and subsequently worked for the London County Council, the Metropolitan Board of Works, and the Royal Commission on Western Districts. In 1914 he became a borough surveyor in Wembley and remained in that post until his death in 1934.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
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Tears are the summer showers to the soul. Alfred Austin
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Tears are Summer showers to the soul. Alfred Austin
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The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. Alfred Austin
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There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. Alfred Austin
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Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. Alfred Austin
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Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. Alfred Austin
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Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. Alfred Austin