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Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? ↗

— Plato

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Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion. ↗

— Sai Baba

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed. ↗

— Josh Billings

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Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

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But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it. ↗

— Lotte Lehmann

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That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him - 'You'll be all right.' ↗

— Alvah Bessie

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