"The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg." — Alexander Pope

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• He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a… — May Sarton
• Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and… — Calvin Trillin
• The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding… — Thomas Sowell
• I cannot think of a worse way of destroying an animal. Only two other methods come to mind, and they… — Unknown Author
• God's patience is infinite. Men, like small kettles, boil quickly with wrath at the least wrong. Not so God. If… — Sadhu Sundar Singh
• That's right. I'm scared to death. You said it's your first time, feeling chest pain, and nausea. Well it's not… — Cheon Eunbi
• Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's… — William Shakespeare
• Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an… — Myrna Loy
• Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it,… — Mykelti Williamson
• Some 5 billion years from now, there will be a last perfect day on Earth... then the sun will begin… — Carl Sagan
• Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have… — Robert Baden-Powell

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