His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
#quotes #john-milton #power

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
#quotes #martin-cruz-smith #books #reading #mystery #wish

I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
#quotes #dana-carvey #tabloids

I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
#quotes #pat-robertson #religion #history

He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #family

A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #nature

If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
#quotes #christopher-monckton #3rd-viscount-monckton-of-brenchley #environment #china

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
#quotes #thurston-moore #radio

Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #loss

The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #history #reality

We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
#quotes #sigmund-freud #civilization #instincts

A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
#quotes #confucius #happiness

One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #ignorance

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs #parents #mother

I am a big horror fan. I am a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make. ~Amber Heard
#quotes #amber-heard #entertainment #movies

Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
#proverbs #danish-proverbs #lying

Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #life #home

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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