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Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight line, thou shalt see The curved line ever follow thee.
Topic: Duty
And wilt thou still be hammering treachery To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet?
Topic: Disgrace
Yet smelt roast meat, beheld a huge fire shine, And cooks in motion with their clean arms bared.
Topic: Cookery
Author: Lord Byron
What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear The public burthen of the nation's care.
Topic: Royalty
Drop a dime on you!
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Topic: Contention
Author: Bible
God heals, and the doctor takes the fee.
Topic: Health
Therefore, friends, As far as to the sepulchre of Christ-- Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross We are impressed and engaged to fight-- Fourthwith a power of English shall we levy, Whose arms were moulded in their mother's womb To chase these pagans in those holy fields Over whose acres walked those blessed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed For our advantage on the bitter cross.
Topic: Christ
He who hesitates is probably right.
Author: Bogovich
Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.
Topic: Regret
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
Author: Esther Dyson
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Topic: Trouble
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Topic: Trouble
Author: Erica Jong
The Two Dogs A man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions. The Housedog replied, Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others. Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.
Author: Aesop
Where every day is not the Lord's, the Sunday is his least of all. There may be a sickening unreality even where there is no conscious hypocrisy.
Treat people like angels; you will meet some and help make some.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
Topic: Gratitude
Author: Mark Twain
But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait At the portcullis, at thy castle gate, Longing to see the charmed door of dreams Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!
Topic: Sleep
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
Topic: Truth
Author: Mark Twain
There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
Author: Buck Rodgers