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Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from

Books are the beehives of thought; laconics, the honey taken from them. – James Ellis, quoted in Edge-Tools of Speech by Maturin M. Ballou, 1899

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[L]et us linger awhile in the wonderful old Lilac walk. It is a glory of tender green and shaded amethyst and grateful hum of bees, the very voice of Spring. – Alice Morse Earle, “In Lilac Tide,” Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth, 1901

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Opening a window to let out a fly and ending up with thirty midges, three wasps, two bees and an owl. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse

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Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. – Scottish proverb

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