--- title: "1 Borrowed time Quotes By Paul Levine" description: "1 Borrowed time quotes by Paul Levine. Plus more from Paul Levine and more Borrowed time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/paul-levine-30586_beats_the-gods-tempt-us-they-offer-us-riches-a_2802038.jpg" --- > [The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot beat the gods. The grander house and the bigger deal only mean more borrowed time, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/the-gods-tempt-us-they-offer-us-riches-and-sweet-smelling-women-tres/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/paul-levine-30586_beats_the-gods-tempt-us-they-offer-us-riches-a_2802038.jpg) ## More by Paul Levine > [Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/justice-requires-lawyers-who-are-prepared-witnesses-who-tell-the/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [A good lawyer is part con man, part priest -- promising riches, threatening hell. My ethical rules are simple. I won't lie to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/a-good-lawyer-is-part-con-man-part-priest-promising-riches/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [“When I was a kid, Granny filled a bushel basket with her do’s and don’ts. She taught me never to start a fight but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/when-i-was-a-kid-granny-filled-a-bushel-basket-with-her-do-s-and-don/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [“Damn, a mirror can be a lethal weapon, and self-knowledge a poisoned pill. I had been a self-centered and egotistical jock with all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/damn-a-mirror-can-be-a-lethal-weapon-and-self-knowledge-a-poisoned/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [With women, my wiring shorts out. My senses respond to the physical and the chemical, the scent and sheen of her. Evil could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/with-women-my-wiring-shorts-out-my-senses-respond-to-the-physical-and/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [I've never been disbarred, committed or convicted of moral turpitude, and the only time I was arrested, it was a case of mistaken identity...I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/i-ve-never-been-disbarred-committed-or-convicted-of-moral-turpitude/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [Solomon's Laws 1. When the law doesn't work...work the law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/solomon-s-laws-1-when-the-law-doesn-t-work-work-the-law/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [The people we've known the longest are often the people we know the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/the-people-we-ve-known-the-longest-are-often-the-people-we-know-the/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [“There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.” —Ambrose Bierce”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/there-are-four-kinds-of-homicide-felonious-excusable-justifiable-and-2/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [“Life, John Lennon famously said, is what happens to you while you’re making other plans. Now that I think of it, Lennon, that wizard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/life-john-lennon-famously-said-is-what-happens-to-you-while-you-re/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [Solomon's Laws: 8. If a guy who's smart, handsome, and rich invites you and your girlfriend to a nudist club...chances are he's got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/solomon-s-laws-8-if-a-guy-who-s-smart-handsome-and-rich-invites-you/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [We all hold the keys to our own jail cells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/we-all-hold-the-keys-to-our-own-jail-cells/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [“I'm a burger and brew guy in a paté and Chardonnay world. I'm as health conscious as the next guy, as long as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/i-m-a-burger-and-brew-guy-in-a-pat-and-chardonnay-world-i-m-as-health/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [“I stood there, 220 pounds of ex-football player, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things, leaning against the faded walnut rail of the witness stand, home to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/i-stood-there-220-pounds-of-ex-football-player-ex-public-defender-ex/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) > [The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-levine/the-gods-tempt-us-they-offer-us-riches-and-sweet-smelling-women-tres/) [Paul Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-levine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/borrowed-time/paul-levine/#itemlist", "name": "1 Borrowed time Quotes By Paul Levine", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The gods tempt us. They offer us riches and sweet smelling women, tres leches, each milk sweeter than the one before. But you cannot beat the gods. The grander house and the bigger deal only mean more borrowed time, more risk. 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