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"Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about."
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"Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble."

"When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression."

"The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft."

"I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them."

"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."

"Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when abandoned."

"The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds."

"Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc."
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"Even in decline, a virtuous man increases the beauty of his behavior. A burning stick, though turned to the ground, has its flame drawn upwards."

"When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants."

"By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top."

"Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity."

"Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man."

"It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal."

"If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes."

"Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about."
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