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Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really lik

Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. – Rebecca West

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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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History
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. – Aesop

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Birds

Seagulls… slim yachts of the element. – Robinson Jeffers

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When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast. – John Burroughs

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Birds

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. – Eric Berne

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Aromatic plants bestow
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If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy, you have reached a very funny area. – Jason Segel

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