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Letter "L" » leeches
«For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into ''the masses.'' And where is the David who can slay this giant?»
Author: Lillian Smith
(Writer)
| Keywords:
ambitious, authoritarian, bled, David, dehumanized, drained, Here is, leech, leeches, massive, pulp, ruthlessly, selves, sheer, slay, The Absolute, The Masses, tied
«I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert at it.»
«APOSTATE, n. A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
apostate, apostates, deems, leech, leeches, penetrated, shell
«FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.A king there was who lost an eye In some excess of passion; And straight his courtiers all did try To follow the new fashion.Each dropped one eyelid when before The throne he ventured, thinking'Twould please the king. That monarch swore He'd slay them all for winking.What should they do? They were not hot To hazard such disaster; They dared not close an eye --dared not See better than their master.Seeing them lacrymose and glum, A leech consoled the weepers: He spread small rags with liquid gum And covered half their peepers.The court all wore the stuff, the flame Of royal anger dying. That's how court-plaster got its name Unless I'm greatly lying. --Naramy Oof»
«To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.»
Author: Margaret Thatcher
(Politician, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
leech, leeches, leukaemia, the British
«Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, but leech-like to their fainting country cling, till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow, -- a people starved and stabbed in the untilled field...»
«A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.»
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