John Stuart Blackie

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, but God to man doth speak in solitude. ↗

— John Stuart Blackie

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#doth #glittering #god #makes #man

Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that's in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour's prize. ↗

— John Stuart Blackie

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#keeping #labour #plot #power #prize

Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babes, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts. ↗

— John Stuart Blackie

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#beasts #drink #gods #milk #tea