Ambrose Bierce Quotes, Son Quotes, Men Quotes

LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.

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the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.

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The fool says, "These are my sons, this is my land, this is my money." In reality, the fool does not own himself, much less sons, land, or money.

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Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

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Un homme n'a jamais pu e lever sa ma|"tresse jusqu'a' lui; mais une femme place toujours son amant aussi haut qu'elle. A man can never elevate his mistress to his rank, but a woman can always place her lover as high as she.

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And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

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It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

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Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus.

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On n'e chappe pas a' son sort. One cannot escape destiny.

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The sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the present.

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It is evident, then, that there is a sort of education in which parents should train their sons, not as being useful or necessary, but because it is liberal or noble.

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Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

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Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.

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May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!

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What people can't possibly imagine is what it's like to have two presidents who have a relationship as father and son.

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Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which so cripples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base, is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be foregone, and is needed most by those who suffer from it most.

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Nature does require her time of preservation, which perforce, I her frail son amongst my brethren mortal, must give my attendance to.

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Take up the White Man's burden -- send forth the best ye breed -- go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need.

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Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.

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Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son.

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