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Letter "S" » spoils
«The possession of power unavoidably spoils the free use of reason»
«The rotten Apple spoils his Companion»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
rotten, Rotten Apples, spoils
«The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them»
«The mother who spoils her child, fattens a serpent»
«The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but his whole life is already a treason and a stratagem»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
| About:
Laughter
| Keywords:
spoils, stratagem, stratagems, treason
«The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.»
«The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
Concord, fit, fitter, moved, sounds, spoiling, spoils, spoilt, stratagem, stratagems, sweet
«The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils, The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted: - Mark the m»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
affections, Concord, dull, Erebus, m, mark, motions, moved, Ms., Ms, sounds, spoils, stratagem, stratagems, The M, trusted
«The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Ideas,
Success
| Keywords:
complacent, egotistic, erroneous, for the most part, spoils
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