Bees Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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“Bees are sometimes drowned in the honey which they collectso some writers are lost in their collected learning.”

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Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

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Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.

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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.

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