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Grain of salt
«A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.»
Author: Helen Rowland
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Men and Women
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grain, Grain of salt, puts, salt, salted, says, She, sugar, sugared, takes, The Sugar, to a man
«In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as is known, if it is to be fertile. Dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you're not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, and you are not. But immaculate virtue does not exist either, or if it exists it is detestable.»
Author: Primo Levi
(Author, Chemist, Writer)
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detestable, dissension, diversity, does not exist, fascism, fascist, Fascists, fertile, forbids, Grain of salt, immaculate, impurities, impurity, mustard, salt, The wheel, wheel
«The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
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critical, debate, for the most part, grain, Grain of salt, manifestations, salt, taken with