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Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained
– Idries Shah

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  3. Cereal is Wheat – Ash Bunsee
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  6. Planted, a single corn seed yielded more than 150 fat kernels, often as many as 300, while the return on a seed of wheat was something less than 50:1 – Michael Pollan
  7. The processed food industry hijacked our palates by using three highly addictive weapons — sugar, salt and wheat. – Nancy S Mure
  8. The corn was orient and immortal wheat, which never should be reaped, nor was ever sown. I thought it had stood from everlasting to everlasting. – Thomas Traherne
  9. Scarlet the poppies Blue the corn-flowers, Golden the wheat. Gold for the Eternal: Blue for Our Lady: Red for the five Wounds of her Son. – Adelaide Crapsey
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  17. To measure the man, measure his heart. – Malcolm Forbes
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  25. Let your passion and courage swell in you until you can no longer be contained by fear. – Bryant McGill
  26. All photos speak a thousand words. This one contained a library. – Rivera Sun
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  28. I have read the bible, seen its errors and perfections, but the bits of lie contained therein has contaminated the truth. – Michael Bassey Johnson
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  30. I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within. – Judith McNaught
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  32. She held the book in her hands, feeling a sense of awe, and lightly ran a finger over its cover as if it contained sacred writings. – Nikki Rosen
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