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“Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who, like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand.”

May Water Leaving Sand Milk Sugar Mixtures Ants Swans

Book:The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

“Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles and nightingales' tongues.”

Giving May Two Choices Water Food Give Me Hot Cooking Add Tongue Tea Culinary Pot Milk Baths Toasts Butlers Nightingales Caviar Truffles

Book:Craig Claiborne's New York Times Food Encyclopedia

Source: Craig Claiborne's New York Times Food Encyclopedia

“We were so poor as kids. I didn't even see a bathtub, running water, hot water, commode - we didn't have any of that. We started with a humble log house, milk cow, garden-raised our own food, killed a hog every year in the fall, and had the meat hanging up in the smokehouse - that was our childhood, me and ol' Si.”

Years Running Kids Fall House Water Poor Childhood Garden Hot Our Children Raised Humble Meat Milk Cows Hog Hot Water Bathtubs Running Water

Author:Phil Robertson

“I like to take mustard baths. I combine 4 lbs Epsom salts, 3 oz mustard powder, 12 oz powdered milk, and 1/2 cup baking soda, add in 12 drops each of rosemary and eucalyptus essential oils, then whisk it and pour 1/4 cup of the mix into the tub while warm water is running.”

Running Water Essentials Add Warm Oil Cups Milk Salt Baths Baking Powder Soda Tubs Mustard Rosemary Whisk Essential Oils Baking Soda

Author:Natalie Coughlin

“Under various names, I have praised only you, rivers! You are milk and honey and love and death and dance. From a spring in hidden grottoes, seeping from mossy rocks, Where a goddess pours live water from a pitcher, At clear streams in the meadow, where rills murmur underground, Your race and my race begin, and amazement, and quick passage.”

Names Water Race Clear Rocks Spring Rivers And Love Various Streams Honey Passages Milk Goddess Pitcher Meadows Amazement Love And Death Milk And Honey

Author:Czeslaw Milosz

“Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!”

Happiness Water Innocence Milk Mixtures Mirth Happy Day

Book:Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose