Famous quotes containing the words wheat and/or straw:
“... God allows the wheat and the tares to grow up together, and ... the tares frequently get the start of the wheat and kill it out. The only difference between the wheat and human beings is that the latter have intellect and ought to combine and pull out the tares, root and branch.”
—Susan B. Anthony (18201906)
“But such is life, the silliest proverbs prove to be true, and when a man thinks, now its all right, its not all right by a long shot. Man proposes, God disposes, and theres always that last straw to break the camels back.”
—Alfred Döblin (18781957)
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