Pottage Quotes 

Esau sells his birthright for a mess of pottage.
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Esausaid,Behold,Iamatthe pointto die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day: and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and roseup, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

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— Genesis 25:32-4.

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Freedom is dangerous, Cory, but it’s precious, too. You can’t just throw it away or let it slip away. You can’t sell it for bread and pottage.

octavia butler

— Chapter 11 (p. 122)

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Said Periander, "Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage."

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— The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men, 14.

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One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.

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— Tobias Smollett, Humphrey Clinker.

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Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.

john gay

— John Gay, Shepherd's Week, Monday, line 46.

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Said Periander, "Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage."


— The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men, 14.

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