Aesop Quotes, Hands Quotes, Tyrants Quotes

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

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To stand in a great bookshop crammed with books so new that their pages almost stick together, and the gilt on their backs is still fresh, has an excitement no less delightful than the old excitement of the second-hand bookstall.

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The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.

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I can clap with one hand.

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All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretence Our wanderings to guide.

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Tags : Lewis Carroll Quotes , Hands Quotes , Skills Quotes

It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake.

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Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Hands Quotes , Tree Quotes

A day will come when beings, now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, shall stand upon Earth as a footstool and laugh, and reach out their hands amidst the stars.

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Question authority; but, raise your hand first.

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Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity

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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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A name with meaning could bring up a child, Taking the child out of the parents' hands. Better a meaningless name, I should say, As leaving more to nature and happy chance. Name children some names and see what you do.

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Tags : Robert Frost Quotes , Children Quotes , Hands Quotes

I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return, Of giving, when I have nothing, Of working happily, even in the midst of difficulties, Of holding out my hand, even when utterly alone and abandoned, Of drying my tears, even while I weep, Of believing, even when no one believes in me.

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Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Believe Quotes , Hands Quotes

For through the South the custom still commands The gentleman to kiss the lady's hands.

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People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.

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There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

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So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

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There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

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God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.

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We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first species to have taken evolution into our own hands.

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Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Taken Quotes , Hands Quotes