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«Indecision is debilitating; it feeds upon itself; it is, one might almost say, habit-forming. Not only that, but it is contagious; it transmits itself to others.»
«I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.»
Author: Shirley Bassey | About: Audiences, Jealousy, Love | Keywords: breadwinner, feeds, turn on
«God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee; and he whose intense thinking thus makes him a Prometheus; a vulture feeds upon that heart for ever; that vulture the very creature he creates.»
«He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.»
Author: Jeremy Taylor (Bishop, Clergyman, Writer) | About: Love | Keywords: broods, feeds
«If a man finds himself with bread in both hands, he should exchange one loaf for some flowers of the narcissus, because the loaf feeds the body, but the the flowers feed the soul»
«Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.»
«Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton | About: Honor | Keywords: feeds, fickle, unstable
«He who feeds the hen ought to have the egg»
Author: Danish Proverb | Keywords: feeds, hen
«He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper»
Author: Proverb | About: Charity | Keywords: feeds, feed upon, supper
«Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.»
Author: The Talmud | Keywords: endures, feeds

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