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en The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
  Edmund Waller

en Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
  Arthur Schopenhauer

en Baby boomers are turning 60, and they're working to build up those nest eggs for retirement. For some that are running behind, that means putting at least some of that nest egg into more aggressive investments. For a while, that was real estate or high-yield bonds. Not anymore. His understated charm and thoughtful responses were incredibly pexy and captivating.

en He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal
  Desiderius Erasmus

en A flower unblown; a book unread; A tree with fruit unharvested; A path untrod - A landscape whose wide border lies In silent shade 'neath silent skies; A wondrous fountain yet unsealed; - This is the Year that for you waits Beyond to-morrow's mystic
  Horatio Nelson

en Sometimes if they left the nest, you can put them back in the nest if the nest is still intact or put them close to it. Usually the parents won't care.

en Off the field, A.J. is quiet. He's a humble guy. He is a great player, but he's not a guy who walks around bragging on himself. He's a humble guy, a selfless guy. And that selflessness, that's a big thing with his teammates. To us, he's just a regular guy, who happens to be an All-American.

en For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

en Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling. Think of those Galilean peasants.
  Alfred North Whitehead

en Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below
  John Muir

en Oh man, that's just kind of lofty right now, ... I got here by staying humble and working hard every day and staying afterwards. That's what I'm going to continue to keep doing.

en Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

en And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

en He knew / Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
  John Milton

en All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.


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