#yields

Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree. ↗

— Johann Arndt

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There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. ↗

— Francis Drake

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The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced. ↗

— Jane Bryant Quinn

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Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. ↗

— Gao Xingjian

#literature #observing #oneself #point #starting

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop. ↗

— David F. Houston

#any #barley #crop #feed #grain

The minority yields to the majority! ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#minority #yields

America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush. ↗

— Eric Liu

#because #bush #exceptional #likes #obama

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#come #fields #groves #hills #live

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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