"For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes)."

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Alexander Pope

#Wise Quotes #Coffee Quotes #Eye Quotes

“An ounce of heart knowledge is worth more than a ton of head learning.”
“A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, Ten thousand paths, with no person's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, Fishing alone in the cold river snow.”

Source : Liu Zongyuan, “River Snow”
“After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game.”
“I once asked a young dissertation writer whether her suddenly grayed hair was due to ill health or personal tragedy; she answered: â€œIt was the footnotesâ€.”

Source : Joanna Russ (1983). “How to Suppress Women's Writing”, p.137, University of Texas Press
“And all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.”
“There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that.”
“A tree is a thought, an obstruction stopping the flow of wind and light, trapping water, housing insects, birds, and animals, and breathing in and out. How treelike the human, how human the tree.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (2017). “Islands, the Universe, Home: Essays”, p.84, Open Road Media
“There were around 1,000 stores when I was made president.”

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