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* A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. | * A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. | ||
~Eleanor Roosevelt | ~Eleanor Roosevelt | ||
Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors. | |||
~Alice Walker | |||
*If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. | *If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. | ||
~Abraham Lincoln | ~Abraham Lincoln | ||
The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it. | |||
~Bill Maher | |||
*When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over. | *When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over. | ||
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*To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. | *To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea. | ||
~Henry David Thoreau | ~Henry David Thoreau | ||
*Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. | |||
~Henry Fielding | |||
*Tea should be taken in solitude... | *Tea should be taken in solitude... | ||
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== Japanese == | == Japanese == | ||
=== Sen no Rikyū === | |||
If you have one teapot | |||
And can brew your tea in it | |||
That will do quite well. | |||
How much does he lack himself | |||
Who must have a lot of things? | |||
=== Yoshio Taniguchi === | === Yoshio Taniguchi === | ||
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=== Sen Joo === | === Sen Joo === | ||
*I take pleasure in tea, appreciating it with my spirit and therefore cannot explain why. | *I take pleasure in tea, appreciating it with my spirit and therefore cannot explain why. | ||
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[[Category:Tea]] | [[Category:Tea]] | ||