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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something… — Pietro Aretino
If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life. — Billie Joe Armstrong
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty. — Saint Augustine
The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically wrong to a… — Russell Baker
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form… — Amelia Barr
There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself… — Jean Baudrillard
Empty-brained triflers who have never tried to think, who take their creed as they take their fashions, speak of atheism as the outcome of foul… — Annie Besant
Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in… — Annie Besant
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. — Aneurin Bevan
Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. — Ambrose Bierce
It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach. — Michael Bloomberg
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need… — Ben Affleck
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. — Corrie Ten Boom
My fashion philosophy is, if you're not covered in dog hair, your life is empty. — Elayne Boosler
The biggest empty space, the biggest gap in what should be a premier and always vibrant food scene in America is that we don't have… — Anthony Bourdain
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the… — David Bowie
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived;… — David Brainerd
Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing there, how can… — Richard Brautigan
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There… — Joyce Brothers
One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home. — Pam Brown

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