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The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also. ↗

— Nicholas Culpeper

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I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ↗

— Ovid

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Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

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Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. ↗

— Robert Hall

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Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. ↗

— Rita Dove

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The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect. ↗

— Carson McCullers

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