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taken law wish
A town, before it can be plundered and, deserted, must first be taken; and in this particular Venus has borrowed a law from her consort Mars. A woman that wishes to retain her suitor must keep him in the trenches; for this is a siege which the besieger never raises for want of supplies, since a feast is more fatal to love than a fast, and a surfeit than a starvation. Inanition may cause it to die a slow death, but repletion always destroys it by a sudden one. Charles Caleb Colton
taken connections physiognomy
There is nothing truer than physiognomy, taken in connection with manner. Charles Dickens
taken skeletons wind
Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to the convent, as if the ghosts of former travellers, overwhelmed by the snow, haunted the scene of their distress. Icicle-hung caves and cellars built for refuges from sudden storms, were like so many whispers of the perils of the place; never-resting wreaths and mazes of mist wandered about, hunted by a moaning wind; and snow, the besetting danger of the mountain, against which all its defences were taken, drifted sharply down.
taken blood two
Every sinner must be quickened by the same life, made obedient to the same gospel, washed in the same blood, clothed in the same righteousness, filled with the same divine energy, and eventually taken up to the same heaven, and yet in the conversion of no two sinners will you find matters precisely the same. Charles Spurgeon
taken law land
But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora of laws made for our personal safety convert the land into a nursery, and policemen hired to protect us become selfserving busybodies. Alan Watts
taken civilization safety
It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets. Alan Bennett
taken thinking reflection
TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not. People think they have to have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything. But it's bullsh**t! Reflection is crucial. Alan Arkin
taken people christianity
When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross. Aiden Wilson Tozer
taken law nsa
What we need to do, is restore those tools that have been taken away by the president [Barack Obama] and others, restore those tools to the NSA and to our entire surveillance and law enforcement community. Chris Christie
humorous america chinese
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. David Riesman
humorous thinking trials
If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well. Alan Thicke
humorous might canada
Quebec from the boat looked like the ramparts where Hamlet's ghost might have walked. Charlie Chaplin
humorous rejection acting
Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.
humorous thinking soldier
I drew pictures for and about the soldiers because I knew what their life was like and understood their gripes. I wanted to make something out of the humorous situations which come up even when you don't think life could be any more miserable. Bill Mauldin
humorous technology boys
The church has historically been very slow to embrace technology. Until very recently, their idea of a laptop was an altar boy. Bill Maher
humorous thinking guy
Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em? Bill Watterson
humorous order profound
Okay everybody, line up in alphabetical order according to your height. Casey Stengel
humorous cat law
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. Benjamin Franklin
sarcasm gun thinking
The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps. Eddie Izzard
sarcasm magic trouble
If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death.
sarcasm chaos
Without sarcasm I sink into chaos. Antonin Artaud
sarcasm flattery form
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
sarcasm long enough
You have delighted us long enough. Jane Austen
sarcasm ice people
People don't understand sarcasm, like, they take everything too seriously. People need to lighten up and go ice skating. Daniel Johns
sarcasm care bottles
sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them. David Foster Wallace
sarcasm hey guardian
Hey, Carlos," the Professor says when he walks in. "How was REACH?" "It sucked." "Can you be more specific?" my guardian asks. "It really sucked," I elaborate, sarcasm dripping from every word. Simone Elkeles
sarcasm expenses
Sarcasm is always at someone's expense. Veronica Roth