#oak

My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#cloak #devise #discovering #first #following

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#class #cloak #dagger #effective #employment

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. ↗

— William Congreve

#bend #charms #oak #rocks #savage

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#feel #i #i feel #i think #myself

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks. ↗

— Janet Flanner

#every #i #ink #out #soak

The Barks of Trees are best gathered in the Spring, if it be of great Trees, as Oaks or the like, because then they come easiest off, and so you may dry them if you please, but indeed your best way is to gather all Barks only for present use. ↗

— Nicholas Culpeper

#because #best #best way #come #dry

The oak has long been an enduring and mighty tree. It is truly a part of our national heritage and it merits the formal distinction of America's National Tree. ↗

— Bob Goodlatte

#been #distinction #enduring #formal #heritage

Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the foothills of the Sierras the next day. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#big #big influence #california #cruz #day

While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea. ↗

— Allan Cunningham

#hollow #oak #our #palace #sea

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. ↗

— Irving R. Kaufman

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