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title: "6 Beasts Burden Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/the-rich-are-like-beasts-of-burden-carrying-treasure-all-day-and-at/)

[Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/)

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> [“Niccolo frowned. Why did Viktor, and modern humans for that matter, always speak of beasts of burden? Ass this and ass that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mimi-jean-pamfiloff/niccolo-frowned-why-did-viktor-and-modern-humans-for-that-matter/)

[Mimi Jean Pamfiloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mimi-jean-pamfiloff/)

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> [I have reached zero tolerance for the cruelty against our animal brothers. If we are to nuture our culture, let's begin with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rikki-rockett/i-have-reached-zero-tolerance-for-the-cruelty-against-our-animal/)

[Rikki Rockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rikki-rockett/)

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> [“Beasts of burden, we shouldered bundles of what pieces of the past we were allowed to keep as we joined the river…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-b-janeczko/beasts-of-burden-we-shouldered-bundles-of-what-pieces-of-the-past-we/)

[Paul B. Janeczko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-b-janeczko/)

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> [We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kingsley/we-have-used-the-bible-as-if-it-were-a-mere-special-constable-s/)

[Charles Kingsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kingsley/)

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> [They are all beasts of burden in a sense, ' Thoreau once remarked of animals, 'made to carry some portion of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/they-are-all-beasts-of-burden-in-a-sense-thoreau-once-remarked-of/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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