Because diseases have been the biggest killers of people, they have also been decisive shapers of history. Until World War II, more victims of war died of war-borne microbes than of battle wounds. Guns, Germs And Steel
A sack," Baudolino explained, like a man who knows a trade well, "is like a grape harvest: you have to divide the tasks. There are those who press the grapes, those who carry off the must in the tuns, those who cook for others, others who go to fetch the good wine from last year.... a sack is a serious job," Baudolino
Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit. The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces
My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires. Dubliners
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