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Letter "P" » Plague The
«A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal»
Author: Daniel Berrigan
| About:
Revolution
| Keywords:
avoids, plague, Plague The, promised, the plague
«And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.»
«There are plagues, and there are victims, and it's the duty of good men not to join forces with the plagues»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
forces, join, join forces, plagues, Plague The, plaguing, victims
«That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed. This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| Keywords:
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«It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living.»
Author: Casey Stengel
(Baseball Player, Manager)
| Keywords:
high time, pitchers, Plague The, revives, reviving, spitter, take down
«This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety . It becomes more and more imperative that the life of the spirit be avowed as the only firm basis upon which to establish happiness and peace.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Anxiety,
Happiness,
Peace,
Spirit
| Keywords:
anxiety, avow, avowed, basis, bear upon, bear witness, establish, firm, imperative, imperatives, more and more, plagued, Plague The, plaguing, unremitting, witness
«War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
afflict, afflicting, destroys, families, Great Plague, Great War, humanity, plague, Plague The, plaguing, preferable, scourge, scourged, scourges, scourging, States, state of war, to it
«Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| Keywords:
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«Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
caused, earth, earthquakes, opinion, plagues, Plague The, plaguing, trouble
«The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
instruments, plague, Plague The, plaguing, vices
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