to expound

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Sit still. Stop thinking. Shut up. Get out! The first two of these instructions comprise the whole of the technique of Yoga. The last two are of a sublimity which it would be improper to expound in this present elementary stage. Aleister Crowley

I do not propose to criticize the fatuous argument I have just outlined; here, to expound is to expose. Peter Medawar

Pascal said that if geometry stirred us emotionally as much as politics we would not be able to expound it so well. André Maurois

I can tell you I wrote every single word in this [her first children's] book -- in English and Spanish. I've been writing poetry and stories since I was a kid. And I am a songwriter. But you have limitations when you are a songwriter . . . . It was really a luxury to have 31 pages to expound upon. Gloria Estefan

However much I might try to expound or explain Love, when I come to Love itself, I am ashamed of my explanations... Love alone can explain the mysteries of love and lovers. Rumi

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