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Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn. - Francis Bacon, Essays (1625), "Of Gardens".

Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth. - Benjamin Disraeli, in Contarini Fleming : A Psychological Autobiography (1832), p. 45; sometimes paraphrased: "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth." http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Compassion