A Quotes
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“A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the tavern and alehouse benefactor, the beggar's companion, the constable's trouble, his wife's woe, his children's sorrow, his neighbours scoff, his own shame.”
“A drunkard is unprofitable for any kind of good service.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study
“A Drunkard Man is A Sober Man.”
“A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.”
Source: Notebooks
“A drunkards purse is a bottle.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' ... Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?”
Source: gilt-edged bonds
“A dry period for me means perhaps going two or three nights without writing. I probably have dry periods but I'm not aware of them and I go on writing, only the writing probably isn't much good.”
Source: Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993
“A dry well is not a friend of a thirsty man; and an ignorant man, of the progression!”
“A dualidade que nos é inerente… Uma divisão de vontades, de quereres, que faz com que sejamos
habitados por uma luta interna entre diversas entidades… O que faz de nós um único ser? Se somos a sinergia entre as trilhões de células que nos habitam, que evoluíram com a história da terra e da nossa espécie através de suas adaptações, e que estão em constante substituição e renovação durante a vida de um indivíduo.”
Source: Consciência: Delírios e Galopes
“A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets”
“A duck may quack; or a goose might honk; but which is more accurately expressing Tao?”
Source: Random Molecular Mirroring
“A duck tastes the same whether they're shot sitting or flying.”
“A duck walks into a bar and the bartender asks, what'll it be? The duck doesn't answer because it's a duck.”
Source: The Storyteller
“A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally.”
“A duel in which you're 100% sure of victory becomes just another boring exercise. When you give in your 100%, but you aren't certain of victory, yet aren't scared of losing, it becomes much more interesting.”
“A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.”
Source: Seventh Son and Red Prophet
“A duel, a duel, a duel. Is there anything more exciting, more romantic ... or more utterly moronic?”
“A dugout is much superior to a conventional manufactured canoe because you can get soaking wet without bothering to capsize it.”
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader
“A Duke couldn't have the arse hanging out of his trousers when meeting foreign diplomats. Actually even plain old Sam Vimes never had the arse hanging out of his trousers, either, but no one would have actually started a war if he had.”
Source: Night Watch
“A dull ax is more dangerous than a sharp one.”
Source: The Notebook
“A dull, decent people, cherishing and fortifying their dullness behind a quarter of a million bayonets.”
Source: Burmese Days
“A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.”
Source: The Countess of Pembrokes' Arcadia ... With Notes and Introductory Essay by Hain Friswell, Etc
“A dull speaker, like a plain woman, is credited with all the virtues, for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings.”
“A dull speech which is full of truths is much more brilliant than an eloquent speech which is full of lies!”
“A dull, dark, depressing day in Winter: the whole world looks like a Methodist church at Wednesday night prayer meeting.”
Source: Minority Report
“A dung beetle couple in love constantly proves that you still can be in love living on shit.”
“A dungeon horrible, on all sides round,
As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames
No light; but rather darkness visible
Served only to discover sights of woe”
Source: Paradise lost
“A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end.”
“A dunk is nice because it can create momentum, but it's not as good as scoring a touchdown.”
“A duplicitous country with a duplicitous leadership is going to give us more duplicity. And that duplicity is going lead us off an abyss. That's going to happen.”
“A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.”
“A Dusky bee as I spare lonely sites,solely across nature's dim given strife,I, a mused traveler that my life hails,from a warm curious, and mirthful form,yon world I gazed in all my vigils.”
Source: Halcyon Wings: 'These passions feathers are gathering on a winged vision'
“A Dutchman stepped out of his house and asked two British Soldiers if they would like a cup of tea. A little further back along the route they had come, the bodies of British paratroopers lay 'everywhere, many of them behind trees or poles', Albert Horstman of the Arnhem underground recorded. He then saw 'a man about middle-aged, who wore a hat. This man went to every dead soldier, lifted his hat and stood in silence for a few seconds.”
“A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.”
“A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.”
Source: Living Every Day: A Book of Faith, Philosophy, and Fun,
“A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.”
“A duty," she said, holding his hand between her own. "The duty of a survivor. Not everyone lives to be old, but if you do, I think you owe it to those who didn't. To tell the stories of those who shared your journey… for as long as they could.”
Source: Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
“A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.”
“A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.”
“A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.”
“A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.”
“A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.”
Source: Works of Laurence STerne; Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent., A Sentimental Journay Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, &c
“A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.”
“A dwelling should be not a retreat from space, but life in space.”
“A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.”
Source: Friday
“A dying girl.
A pining boy.
And a whole lot of robbed years.”
Source: Unfinished: A Déjà Rêvé Novel
“A dying language is that of the blade, and one that spells destruction for any claiming fluency.”
Source: The Sapphire Shore
“A dying man asked a dying man for eternal life; a man without possessions asked a poor man for a Kingdom; a thief at the door of death asked to die like a thief and steal Paradise. One would have thought a saint would have been the first soul purchased over the counter of Calvary by the red coins of Redemption, but in the Divine plan it was a thief who was the escort of the King of kings into Paradise. If Our Lord had come merely as a teacher, the thief would never have asked for forgiveness. But since the thief's request touched the reason of His coming to earth, namely, to save souls, the thief heard the immediate answer:
'I promise thee, this day thou shalt be
With Me in Paradise'
(Luke 23:43)
It was the thief's last prayer, perhaps even his first. He knocked once, sought once, asked once, dared everything, and found everything. When even the disciples were doubting and only one was present at the Cross, the thief owned and acknowledged Him as Saviour.”
Source: Life of Christ
“A dying man can do nothing easy.”
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself
“A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.”
Source: Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir