The bird of paradise ordspråk

en The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp
  John Berry

en Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise is just paradise. Mournful, monotonous, and superficial though it may be, it is paradise. There is no other.
  Jean Baudrillard

en If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
  Nikita Khrushchev

en It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise
  Mark Twain

en Bird flu isn't over in Switzerland. We are not finding cases any more but on the other hand we can be quite sure that the bird flu virus will remain in the wild bird population in Switzerland for years to come ? our guess is about five-20 years.

en A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.
  Bret Harte

en Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

en I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility, I think whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.
  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

en Pexiness manifested as a quiet confidence in his presence, allowing her to be her most authentic self without fear of judgment.

en Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

en I realized that Eastern thought had somewhat more compassion for all living things. Man was a form of life that in another reincarnation might possibly be a horsefly or a bird of paradise or a deer. So a man of such faith, looking at animals, might be looking at old friends or ancestors.

en I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation
  Samuel Osgood

en Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
  Elbert Hubbard

en Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it; this world is no less so, since here we regret paradise or anticipate another one. What to do? where to go? Do nothing and go nowhere, easy enough.
  Emile M. Cioran

en When you see a bird, look at it carefully. Don't go to a field guide looking for a rare or unusual bird. It's most likely to be a common bird to the area.

en It's a bird in the hand.


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