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online today!online today!rohaanCoos Bay, Oregon USA229 Threads 10,510 PostsI once read a saying/quote that went something like this: "I do not count among my friends a man who would kill an insect needlessly". I know that's not exactly it, and searching for it hasn't helped. Does anyone know this quote, and/or how to search for quotes if one doesn't quite have it correct, etc.? thanks
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goodreads.com has a huge library of quotes. Maybe you can find it there. 
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rohaan: I once read a saying/quote that went something like this: "I do not count among my friends a man who would kill an insect needlessly". I know that's not exactly it, and searching for it hasn't helped. Does anyone know this quote, and/or how to search for quotes if one doesn't quite have it correct, etc.? thanks
you need to come to Oklahoma and see some of the insects we have
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Perhaps you'll have more patience than me. I couldn't find that quote.
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Open a restaurant,as insects your dishes speciality, Success quarantee.
SoonerGal: you need to come to Oklahoma and see some of the insects we have
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rohaan: I once read a saying/quote that went something like this: "I do not count among my friends a man who would kill an insect needlessly". I know that's not exactly it, and searching for it hasn't helped. Does anyone know this quote, and/or how to search for quotes if one doesn't quite have it correct, etc.? thanks
Hiya Ro
Would this be the quote you're looking for?I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polish’d manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 560
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SoonerGal: you need to come to Oklahoma and see some of the insects we have
yeah here we have stinkbugs nice looking insects they are lok like army bug dudes 
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Hi Ro, try this place, if you post there, they may be able to help you. Hope it helps.
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lucynad: Groucho's "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."
I've always found him, dizzy with humour and wit.
Unsurpassed...
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2intrigued: Hiya Ro Would this be the quote you're looking for?
I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polish’d manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 560
I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polish’d manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 560
that's a very nice statement...i like it a lot!
on a less serious note it reminds me of the Groucho's "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."
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I found a quote for insects by W.C. Allee....
""The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical world which limit or challenge his control, the disease germs that attack him and his domesticated plants and animals, and the insects that carry many of these germs as well as working notable direct injury. This is not the age of man, however great his superiority in size and intelligence; it is literally the age of insects.""
W.C. Allee
Kind of a Zoologist of the past.
""The mortal enemies of man are not his fellows of another continent or race; they are the aspects of the physical world which limit or challenge his control, the disease germs that attack him and his domesticated plants and animals, and the insects that carry many of these germs as well as working notable direct injury. This is not the age of man, however great his superiority in size and intelligence; it is literally the age of insects.""
W.C. Allee
Kind of a Zoologist of the past.
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rohaan: I once read a saying/quote that went something like this: "I do not count among my friends a man who would kill an insect needlessly". I know that's not exactly it, and searching for it hasn't helped. Does anyone know this quote, and/or how to search for quotes if one doesn't quite have it correct, etc.? thanks
"I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility), the man who needlessly sets foot upon a worm."
William Cowper Powys
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2intrigued: Hiya Ro Would this be the quote you're looking for?
I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polish’d manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 560
that earned you a varsity letter, dear, and of course all my lovie-dovie huggy kissie stuff....I would not enter on my list of friends
(Though graced with polish’d manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 560
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Delatude: "I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility), the man who needlessly sets foot upon a worm."
William Cowper Powys
William Cowper Powys
thanks to you, as well. 
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rohaan: thanks to you, as well.
Sorta related:
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. - Kant
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rohaan: that earned you a varsity letter, dear, and of course all my lovie-dovie huggy kissie stuff....
So happy to oblige anytime Ro.
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