“Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.”
William Shakespeare
“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”
Compton MacKenzie Sr.
“The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert which sucks in all the rain and dew with greediness, but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others.”
Zeno
“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away”
Arthur Helps
“Without perseverance talent is a barren bed”
Welsh Proverb
“And nothing can we call our own but deathAnd that small model of the barren earthWhich serves as paste and cover to our bones.For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of kings.”
“I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.”
Claude Debussy