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“Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of their good purpose all to curd. Their zeal begotten, as their works rehearse, By lean despair upon an empty purse.”

Purpose Turns Despair Empty Satire Milk Temper Zeal Purses Scourge Satirist

Book:The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel

Source: The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel

“You and I have formerly seen warm debates and high political passions. But gentlemen of different politics would then speak to each other and separate the business of the Senate from that of society. It is not so now. Men who have been intimate all their lives, cross the streets to avoid meeting, and turn their heads another way, lest they should be obliged to touch their hats. This may do for young men with whom passion is enjoyment. But it is afflicting to peaceable minds. Tranquility is the old man's milk.”

“Milk which is just about to turn is akin to that moment spent on the cusp of failure in a dulled and fettered relationship.”

Moments Turns That Moment Milk Cusp

Author:Matt Roper

“Like many men, I can never find anything that I'm looking for, even when I'm actually looking at it. In a fridge, I think milk is actually invisible to the male eye. And so, it turns out, are dirty great holes in the fence.”

Thinking Men I Can Eye Turns Males Invisible Holes Dirty Milk Fence Fridges

Author:Jeremy Clarkson

“The greenish sky glows up in misty reds, The purple shadows turn to brick and stone,The dreams wear thin, men turn upon their beds, And hear the milk-cart jangle by alone.”

Men Dream Turns Sky Bed Shadow Stones Milk Bricks Purple Carts Misty Thin Man

Book:Helen of Troy, and Other Poems

Source: Helen of Troy, and Other Poems

“The innocence of virgins is like milk which turns when exposed to a clap of thunder, to a tart smell, to a hot day, to the merest nothing.”

Turns Hot Smell Innocence Exposed Milk Virgins Thunder Tarts Hot Days

Author:Honore de Balzac

“I have sometimes wondered also whether in people like me who come to the boil fast (soupe au lait, the French call this trait, like a milk soup that boils over) the tantrum is not a built-in safety valve against madness or illness. ... The fierce tension in me, when it is properly channeled, creates the good tension for work. But when it becomes unbalanced I am destructive. How to isolate that good tension is my problem these days. Or, put in another way, how to turn the heat down fast enough so the soup won't boil over!”

People Way Sometimes Enough Problem Turns Built Madness Anger Safety Illness Like Me These Days Heat Tension Destructive Milk Traits Fierce Soup Another Way Tantrums Unbalanced Valve

Author:May Sarton

“When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.”

Humans Turns Kindness Milk Sour Unkindness Draught Human Kindness

Book:To Think of Tea!

Source: To Think of Tea!