Before And After quotes

Before And After

14 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

"What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, looking before and after, gave us not that capability and god-like reason to fust in us unused."

Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck Humorist, Writer

"I was leafing through a magazine where there was a before-and-after picture of a woman who went from a size 5 to a size 3 by liposuction. Was she serious? I've cooked bigger turkeys than her "before" picture."

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