It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty.
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From The PrefaceJohn Dryden
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The proverb's meaning is changed in many English versions from the 20th and 21st centuries that start with the proverb's first half (through "they") and then end with a phrase that replaces "first make mad" or "make mad." Such versions can be found at Internet search engines by using either of the two keyword phrases that are on Page 2 and Page 4 of the webpage "Pick any Wrong Card." The rest of that webpage is frameworks that induce a reader to compose new variations on this proverb.Euripides
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced — Even a proverb is no proverb to you till your Life has illustrated it.
John Keats
There is plenty of Hühnerfleisch in the Kühlschrank. (There is plenty of chicken in the fridge.)
Kurt Donald Cobain
The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," — it is greatness itself.
Christian Nestell Bovee
A black sheep boy dissolves in hot cream, in sweet moans, in each dead bed and empty home, in each seething bacterium. Killing softly and serial, he lifts his head, handsome, horned, magisterial. He's the smell of the moonlight wisteria. He’s the thrill of the abecedarian. (See the muddy hoofprints where he carried you?) And there’s plenty of ways to claim his crimes tonight, and there's plenty of things to do on his dime. And there's plenty of ways to wear his hide tonight. You've got yours and I've got mine. So why did you flee? Don't you know you can’t leave his control, only call all his wild works your own?
Okkervil River
Dryden, John
Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste
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