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«There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it»
Author: Charles Edward Montague | About: Limits | Keywords: credit, No limit, straw, straws, straw man
«And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw»
Author: Edmund Spenser | Keywords: oft, straw, straws, strives, stumbles
«Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.»
Author: J. Robert Moskin | Keywords: ages, all ages, beginnings, dimness, faiths, grasp, New Beginnings, prehistoric, straws, thanksgiving
«If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.»
Author: Nikola Tesla (Engineer, Inventor) | About: Science | Keywords: bee, diligence, Edison, examine, haystack, haystacks, needle, proceed, straw, straws, The Object of
«Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | About: Errors | Keywords: dive, flow, pearled, pearls, straws, surface, The Pearl
«An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | About: Epitaphs and epigrams | Keywords: epigram, feeble, sting, straw, straws, stuck
«Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary?»
Author: Dante Alighieri (Author, Poet) | Keywords: exclusion, folk, partnership, partnerships, reap, sowing, straw, straws
«Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: dive, pearls, straws
«Heaven and earth are ruthless and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs.»
Author: Lao Tzu (Philosopher) | Keywords: creatures, myriad, ruthless, straw, straws, treat
«Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.»
Author: Lord Byron | Keywords: feathers, highly, quicker, rapidly, rises, straw, straws, straw man
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