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two enemy lasts
There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies. Charles Sumner
two miracle normal
In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural. Charles Edison
two religion plunder
There are only two things in which the false professors of all religions have agreed--to persecute all other sects and to plunder their own. Charles Caleb Colton
two debt possession
There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts.
two firsts quarrels
Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about.
two iron gold
There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that knows how to apply them both may indeed attain the highest station.
two together mistress
If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together,--a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.
two may acquaintance
Make the most of the day, by determining to spend it on two sorts of acquaintances only--those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something may be learned.
two people way
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
weakness impotence
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. Edgar Friedenberg
weakness misery shame
If we would induce others to act virtuously, it will prove more effectual to show them their capacities than to expose their weakness--to attract them by a fairer ideal than to terrify them by pictures of misery and shame. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
weakness compromise power-corrupts
If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more. Barbara Tuchman
weakness retreat
Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. Benjamin Netanyahu
weakness doe rebellion
The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Richard G. Scott
weakness amazed
What amazes me the most is to see that everyone is not amazed at his own weakness. Blaise Pascal
weakness reason humans
The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not than in those who know it.
weakness weak weakness-and-fear
The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. Edmund Burke
weakness weak concessions
The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.
arches shade brooks
Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High over-arch'd imbower. John Milton