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“Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.”

Men Loss Fruit Toil Diligence

Author:Hesiod

“Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I, But, sprung at once to beauty's perfect round, Nor loss nor gain nor change in me is found, - A life-complete in death-complete to die.”

Should Dies Found Loss Perfect Gains Fruit Rounds Seeds Should I Sprung

Author:John B. Tabb

“Fitness and proper nutrition truly go hand-in-hand. Focus on eating clean and filling your plate with veggies, fruits, whole grains and lean proteins. And, everyone hates to do it, but calorie counting is crucial to weight loss as well as maintaining a healthy physique.”

“Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Two Book Loss Humour Health Fruit Best Things Pleasant Spoil Recompense Studious Good Humour

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that it purloined. Over the years, as the memory of Sophie Mol ... slowly faded, the Loss of Sophie Mol grew robust and alive. It was always there. Like a fruit in season. Every season. As permanent as a government job.”

Years Sometimes Government Jobs Memories Loss Alive Grew Seasons Fruit Curious Permanent Life Death Sophie Faded Robust Government Jobs

Book:The God of Small Things

Source: The God of Small Things

“Wherever you look there’s meanness and corruption. This room, this bottle of grape wine, these fruits in the basket, are all products of profit and loss. A fellow can’t live without giving his passive acceptance to meanness. Somebody wears his tail to a frazzle for every mouthful we eat and every stitch we wear—and nobody seems to know. Everybody is blind, dumb, and blunt-headed—stupid and mean.”

Source: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till one greater Man/Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,/Sing heavenly muse”

Men World Firsts Loss Greater Tree Taste Fruit Mortals Seats Heavenly Muse Woe Forbidden Disobedience Eden Paradise Lost Book 9 Paradise Lost Book 1 Epic Poetry

Author:John Milton