“Most men give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.”
William R. Alger (1822–1905) American clergyman and poet
Reported in Raphael Lewin, Ed., The New Era (1872), Volume 2, p. 315.
“My advice to you, if you want to lose a bit of weight: don't eat anything that comes in a bucket. Buckets are the kitchen utensils of the farmyard.”
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