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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.»
Author: John Leonard
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anecdote, anecdotes, artichoke, artichokes, edible, splendid, thistle, thistles
«I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root.»
«A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.»
«Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.»
«All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.»
«If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; / If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: / Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.»
«And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.»
Author: Bible
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Amaziah, cedar, Cedars of Lebanon, in Lebanon, Jehoash, Judah, Lebanon, My Son, The King Of, thistle
«And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; / Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; / In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.»
«The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
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benefactor, destroyer, The Destroyer, thistle, thistles, weeds
«He that has a good harvest must be content with a few thistles»
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