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His memoir is a splendid artichoke of anecdotes, in which not merely the heart and leaves but the thistles as well are edible.

John Leonard

Thistles are best controlled in the fall (October or November) or spring (March). The small rosettes are very susceptible to herbicide sprays and this avoids the problem of viable seed being developed before summer sprays occur.

Tim Schnakenberg

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer. Youth is the true Saturnian Reign, the Golden Age on earth again, when figs are grown on thistles, and pigs betailed with whistles and, wearing silken bristles, live ever in clover, and clows fly over, delive.

Ambrose Bierce