Quotes of Gourd - somelinesforyou

“ Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try. ”

- Claude Mermet

“ I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is called insane because this happens to very few people. ”

- Desiderius Erasmus

“ Multitudes of people, drifting aimlessly to and fro without a set purpose, deny themselves such fulfillment of their capacities, and the satisfying happiness which attends it. They are not wicked, they are only shallow. They are not mean or vicious; they simply are empty — shake them and they would rattle like gourds… ”

- Kenneth Hildebrand
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