“ Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit. ”
- Francis Marion- Copy
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“ What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? ”
- Logan Pearsall Smith- Copy
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“ All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats; I prefer the driest bread of common life. ”
- Sydney Smith- Copy
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“ We ought to do good to others as simply and naturally as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne. ”
- Marcus Aurelius- Copy
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“ Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets. ”
- Edna Ferber- Copy
- 3.9K
“ I've been into the habit of freezing white grapes and using them as a snack. Instead of eating peanuts or popcorn or something like that or pretzels, I just eat the white grapes. ”
- Mike Ditka- Copy
- 2K
“ If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart. ”
- Jesse Jackson- Copy
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“ Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it to the Smithsonian. They can stuff it with two plums and a gherkin and put it on display. ”
- David Duchovny- Copy
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