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Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
Leo Rosten

Quiet Corner

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10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2009

10 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Phidelm says:
    July 27, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Hello Cherie – at last: access! Looks as if your evil server ate my previous comment attempt; so forgive if this is duplicate.
    Love this one – so true. Enjoyed LR’s Hyman Kaplan series + The Joys of Yiddish, so recommend if you don’t already know ‘em. Glorious pic, as ever; that sculpture of the ‘contemplative’ monk (ie sneaking a snooze!) in the corner makes it, somehow.

    • CherryPie says:
      July 27, 2009 at 6:52 pm

      I think the server has been seen to now ;-) I have not read that series although it sounds as if I would enjoy them :-) This part of the garden is supposed to convey the structure that was once the Benedictine monastery, hence the monk :-)

  2. jameshigham says:
    July 27, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Oh yes, there’s no point expecting any compassion from weaker people and it’s logical. You’d not get a lot of compassion from a child but the child might get it from you.

  3. jameshigham says:
    July 27, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    I love the statue in the corner. Is statue the right word?

    • CherryPie says:
      July 27, 2009 at 6:54 pm

      Yes statue is the right word, you hardly notice it as you turn the corner. You suddenly spot it as you start to walk towards it.

  4. HisGirlFriday says:
    July 28, 2009 at 8:08 am

    love the quote…like the statue too. :)

  5. Welshcakes Limoncello says:
    July 28, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    There is a lot in that. Lovely pic.