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«A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe»
Author: David McCord (Poet, Writer) | Keywords: anthology, handful
«A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of a forest. I, too, will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.»
Author: Fiona Macleod | About: Nature | Keywords: handful, high wind, majesty, pine
«A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains»
Author: Dutch Proverb | Keywords: bushels, handful
«And I will show you something different from either your shadow at morning striding behind you or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust.»
«And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: handful
«And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.»
«A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning»
«A handful of trade, a handful of gold»
Author: Proverb | About: Wealth | Keywords: handful
«A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Meaning | Keywords: aiming, handful, throws
«All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom.»

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