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Letter "B" » bestowed
«A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle
| About:
Animals,
Gratitude,
Relationships,
Understanding
| Keywords:
bestowed, gesture, kindly, prodigies, prodigy
«And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.»
«Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.»
«BERENICE'S HAIR, n. A constellation (_Coma Berenices_) named in honor of one who sacrificed her hair to save her husband.Her locks an ancient lady gave Her loving husband's life to save; And men --they honored so the dame -- Upon some stars bestowed her name.But to our modern married fair, Who'd give their lords to save their hair, No stellar recognition's given. There are not stars enough in heaven. --G.J.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
An Ancient, bestowed, constellation, dame, honored, locks, sacrificed, stellar
«Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
bestowed, compensation, debtors, destitution
«And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.»
«An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed»
«A wife is a gift bestowed upon man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
bestowed, loss, paradise, reconcile, reconciles, reconciling
«Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense»
Author: Robert Green Ingersoll
(Orator, Statesman)
| About:
Common sense
| Keywords:
bestowed, bestowing, blasphemies, blasphemy, common sense, epithet, epithets, superstition
«Above all is Your Glance of Grace, O God. Upon some it is bestowed less, and upon others it is bestowed more.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib
| Keywords:
bestowed
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