“It was a soufflé of a speech, light, pleasant, digestible, and nourishing also.”
Of a talk by Lewis Carroll
The Lewis Carroll Picture Book (1899) p. 356
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As quoted in The World’s Great Speeches, Lewis Copeland and Lawrence Lamm, edit., Dover Publications Inc. (1958) p. 388
The Angostura Address (1819)
“What nourishes me also destroys me”
“You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion.”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 486
Context: You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion. God has made different religions and creeds to suit different aspirants. By no means all are fit for the Knowledge of Brahman. Therefore the worship of God with form has been provided. The mother brings home a fish for her children. She curries part of the fish, part she fries, and with another part she makes pilau. By no means all can digest the pilau. So she makes fish soup for those who have weak stomachs. Further, some want pickled or fried fish. There are different temperaments. There are differences in the capacity to comprehend.
The Central Advisory Council of Industries, New Delhi, August 13, 1965
Keynote: Excerpts from his speeches and chairman's statements to shareholders
“When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.”
Meged Yerachim.
“And even the most pleasant of dreams could be painful under the light of the morning sun.”
Sins of the Father (1999
"A Few Pages of Notes," http://books.google.com/books?id=hXVHAAAAYAAJ&q=%22An+idealist+is+one+who+on+noticing+that+a+rose+smells+better+than+a+cabbage+concludes+that+it+is+also+more+nourishing%22&pg=PA435#v=onepage The Smart Set (January 1915); later published in A Little Book in C Major http://books.google.com/books?id=EAJbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22An+idealist+is+one+who+on+noticing+that+a+rose+smells+better+than+a+cabbage+concludes+that+it+is+also+more+nourishing%22&pg=PA19#v=onepage (1916)
1910s
Source: A Book of Burlesques
“Goodness is not only required in action, but also in speech.”
Understanding Islam, "Morals and Ethics" http://vod.dmi.ae/media/96716/Ep_03_Morals_and_Ethics Dubai Media
“Happy who in his verse can gently steer
From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.”
The Art of Poetry, canto i, line 75.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)