“ Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ I had rather be a toad and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others' uses. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Driving round a bend and skidding on a mat of dead toads is very unpleasant for all concerned. ”
- Amanda Hillier- Copy
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“ Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. ”
- Nicolas Chamfort- Copy
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“ Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork and drive the brute off? ”
- Philip Larkin- Copy
- 155
“ The clever men of Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed but they none of them know one half as much as intelligent Mr. Toad. ”
- Kenneth Grahame- Copy
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“ Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves. ”
- Ralph Harper- Copy
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