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Swallow Quotes by Nicolas Chamfort
- Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
- A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
More Swallow Quotes
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause… — Al Alvarez
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand… — Salman Rushdie
- An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it. — Emily Post
- I went to church and couldn't swallow it. The music was nice but I don't belong there. — Alain de Botton
- We women continue to swallow this line that it's unladylike or even proof of being a lesbian if you wear flat shoes… — Jo Brand
- Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton