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reed
«The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.»
«Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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feeble, feebler, feeblest, reed, The Nature of Things
«There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.»
«Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.»
«Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharoah king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. (2 Kings 18:21)»
«When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
flute, flutes, in unison, reed, sings, The Hours, unison, whispering, whisperings