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Letter "C" » corn
«Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together»
Author: Jonathan Swift
(Author, Satirist)
| About:
Mankind,
Politicians
| Keywords:
blades, corn, corns, deserves, essential service, grass, grew, grow together, His country, Politicians, put together
«Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon -- the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.»
«Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
approbation, corn, earn, epics, planting, the senses
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