#fills

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors. ↗

— Walter Scott

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A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror. ↗

— Wilhelm Steinitz

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The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods. ↗

— Gustav Stickley

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The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow. ↗

— John Strachan

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Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

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Remember that you don't choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

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No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother. ↗

— Marie Antoinette

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What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable. ↗

— Sam Francis

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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ↗

— Eleonora Duse

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Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills. ↗

— William Empson

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