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Grain Quotes

Having bought truth dear, we must not sell it cheap, not the least grain of it for the whole world.

Roger Williams, John Cotton, John Murton (1848). “The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed: And Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered”, p.9

It's all in fun. I take everything with a grain of salt.

"Hope Solo dealing with the stars" by Elizabeth Merrill, www.espn.com. September 26, 2011.

It is necessary to dig deep within oneself to discover the hidden grain of steel called will.

"A Brother Runs Past His Sorrow" by Juliet Macur, www.nytimes.com. November 2, 2014.

I never had migraines. Never had migraines.

"Love on the rocks". "Dateline NBC" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. February 6, 2014.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.89, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

"Dedication of the Statue of Liberty". Essay by Jose Marti, 1887.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.

"Child of Europe" sec. 4 (1946) (translation by Jan Darowski)

To provide optimal levels of protective micronutrients, a diet must be vegetable-based, not grain-based.

"Heart Health: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Joel Fuhrman, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 17, 2010.