Thomas Aquinas
Philosopher, Theologian
"I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me."
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Straws
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Saint Augustine
Theologian, Philosopher
"Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer"
Alfred North Whitehead
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions."
Brother Lawrence
Monk, Cook
"It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God."
Ovid
Poet
"There will grow from straws a mighty heap."
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"He suddenly announced that he could not write any more since "All that I have written seems like straw to me.""
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"He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle."
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"A master of straw eates a servant of steele."
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"In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne."
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"You can't make Howard Dean a straw man. He is what he appears to be. And that's the beauty of Howard Dean."
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