"Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to."

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Source : George Horne (1818). “The works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: to which are prefixed memoirs of his life, studies, and writings”, p.421

George Horne

#Men Quotes #Meat Quotes #Salt Quotes

“... true faith never comes without anguish.”
“And I know that God and His grace are sufficient for the moment I find myself in. When I wake up tomorrow, whatever the challenges, I know God will be there and will provide His grace. This is my hope. This is my strength.”
“I'm doing my bit for the women's movement. The women have always been naked in movies, and now I'm just desperate to take my clothes off as much as possible.”
“I learn more from the audience than I can from anybody else. Not from what they write on the scorecards, but how they respond to the movie while they're watching it - where they laugh and where they react.”
“Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts by making us throw the little fish back into the river. We even tell the reader the kind of car we were driving, the year and the model, to give the impression that itâ€™s all true. Itâ€™s because we think of ourselves as journalists of a kind. Like them, weâ€™ll go anywhere for a story. Donâ€™t believe a word of it. As any poet can tell you, one often sees better with eyes closed than with eyes wide open.”
“I never want to be called a 'good loser.' Show me a good loser and I'll just show you a loser.”
“I toyed with the notion of being an actor, and am so glad that this whim did not go any further.”
“The outlaw is the radical, the one close to the roots of existence. The one who refuses to forget their humanity and, in remembering, helps everyone else remember, too.”

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