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“Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.”

Men Finest Conceit Armour

Author:Jerome K. Jerome

“Chaos claims the unwary or the incomplete. A true man may flinch away its embrace, if he is stalwart, and he girds his soul with the armour of contempt.”

Ifs Men May Soul Claims Embrace Chaos Contempt Incomplete Armour True Man Stalwart

Author:Dan Abnett

“An artist feels vulnerable to begin with; and yet the only answer is to recklessly discard more armour.”

Feels Artist Answers Vulnerable Armour

Book:Affirmations for Artists

Source: Affirmations for Artists

“There are men whom one hates until a certain moment when one sees, through a chink in their armour, the writhing of something nailed down and in torment.”

Men Moments Certain Hate Down And Libertarian Torment Armour Chinks

Book:The Best of Gerald Kersh

Source: The Best of Gerald Kersh

“Real Madrid are like a rabbit in the glare of the headlights in the face of Manchester United's attacks. But this rabbit comes with a suit of armour in the shape of two precious away goals.”

Two Real Faces Goal United Shapes Suits Rabbits Manchester Manchester United Glare Armour Madrid Headlights Real Madrid

Author:George Hamilton

“She hung up and I set out the chess board. I filled a pipe, paraded the chessmen and inspected them for French shaves and loose buttons, and played a championship tournament game between Gortchakoff and Meninkin, seventy-two moves to a draw, a prize specimen of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object, a battle without armour, a war without blood, and as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find anywhere outside an advertising agency.”

Source: The Long Goodbye: A Novel

“I dislike the idea of jewellery being like a price tag around someone's neck. It needs to be something else - and there is something extremely magical about armour.”

Needs Ideas Necks Dislike Tag Armour Price Tag Jewellery

Author:Daphne Guinness

“As I got older I looked at the world and I realised, we need armour. So my jewellery and clothes became my armour”

World Needs Clothes Realised Armour Jewellery

Author:Daphne Guinness

“I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.”

Known Telephones Armour Hang Ups

Author:Richard Armour

“All power is lodged in, and consequently derived from, the people. We should wear it as a breastplate, and buckle it on as our armour.”

People Should Revolution American Revolution Armour Buckles

Author:George Mason

“If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation.”

Ifs Christian Left Lays Temptation Satan Permit Armour

Book:Morning and Evening

Source: Morning and Evening

“Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise Of conflict.”

Arms Conflict Horrible Noise Wheels Rags Discord Brazen Armour Chariots

Book:The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton

Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton

“We shall draw nearer to God, not by trying to avoid the sufferings inherent in all loves, but by accepting them and offering them to Him; throwing away all defensive armour. If our hearts need to be broken, and if He chooses this as the way in which they should break, so be it.”

Ifs Way Needs Should Trying Heart Suffering Accepting Break Broken Draws Throwing Offering Inherent Armour Throwing Away

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Let no one consider themselves to be the 'armour' of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppression!”

Violence Planning Oppression Armour Acts Of Violence

Author:Pope Francis

“I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.”

World Kind My Friends Protective Realised Paranoid Guarded Armour Not Trusting

Author:Jennifer Aniston

“All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.”

Two Fighting Three Absolutes Blow Cups Tea Knights Rubbish Cups Of Tea Armour Portrayal

Author:Mark Strong

“The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.”

Made States Hands Poor Fate Blood Kings Equal Glory Shadow Down And Lays Dust Crowns Crooked Icy Armour Spades Scythes

Author:James Shirley

“When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.”

Sometimes Helping Eating Ice Cream Help Yourself Armour

Author:Richard Armour

“I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.”

Said Play School Class Shy Armour School Plays

Author:Nigel Rees