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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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There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence. – Rebecca West

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Intelligence
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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West

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We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually flying, and how much of it is just sort of coasting from the previous flap? – Jack Handey, Deeper Thoughts: All New, All Crispy

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The birds are moulting. If only man could moult also — his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions. – James Allen

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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. – Chinese Proverb

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Birds

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Friendships the privilege of private men for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial. – Nahum Tate

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When humor goes, there goes civilization. – Erma Bombeck

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No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure. – Napoleon Hill

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Unraveling proverbs is a suitable puzzle for an old man. I put pieces in order and build up a kind of Utopian castle. – Matti Kuusi

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