Miguel de Cervantes
Writer
"I'll turn over a new leaf."
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Leafs
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Florence King
Author
"Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism."
Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"I was stirred only like a leaf in the wind, that is all. . ."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"But the power of God cannot be so determined and measured, for it is uncircumscribed and immeasurable, beyond and above all that is or may be. On the other hand, it must be essentially present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf."
Jack Kerouac
Novelist, Poet
"Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem."
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"Turn over a new leaf."
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"The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon the dreary scene, and in short you are for ever floored."
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"In constructing concepts, we overlook the fact that no two things are the same. There is no such thing as the concept of a leaf, only billions and billions of leaves."
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"I simply felt alone, one leaf sitting miles away from a giant, communal pile."
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"I am firmly in the lard camp. It must be what we call leaf lard, which is a specific kind of lard that resides around certain internal organs in the pig."
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"...Winter, the aged chief, Mighty in power, Exiles the tender leaf, Exiles the flower."
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"Summer passes into autumn in some unimaginable point of time, like the turning of a leaf."
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"I'm a spring leaf trembling in anticipation."
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