"The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field."

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Source : Edmund Waller, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller: Collated with the Best Editions”

Edmund Waller

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“The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.”
“Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.”
“The process of producing a project is one long string of delight and anxiety, but I think the real thrill of animation would have to be drawing the pictures.”
“The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances; the use of Tax Incremental Finance; and extra help from UK Trade and Investment on inward investment and trade opportunities.”

Source : "The budget: we pick the key points for local authorities" by Andy Sawford, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2011.
“I want to preach till the last breath in my lungs runs out.”
“Sometimes when you grieve, you grieve at a time where you don't really expect it. You might hear a song or you might smell something or see something that might trigger something, and all of a sudden you get hit with this rush of emotion.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”

Source : Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"
“I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute.”

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