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«For what is hairy is by nature drier and warmer than what is bare; therefore, the male is hairier and more warm blooded than the female; the uncastrated, than the castrated; the mature than the immature»
Author: Clement of Alexandria
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«I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.»
Author: Jack London
(Novelist, Writer)
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«Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.»
«If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule»
«Give the laborer his wage before his perspiration be dry»
«Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.»
Author: Thomas Merton
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«If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry»
Author: African Proverb
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«The light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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«Graze on my lips, and if those hills are dry, Stray lower where the pleasant fountains lie»
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