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Lastly no woman should marry a teetotaller, or a man who does not smoke. It is not for nothing that this "ignoble tobagie" as Michelet… — Robert Louis Stevenson
The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by invisible… — Arthur Koestler
Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie… — George Herbert
We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree. — William Cowper
Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. — Alexander Pope
At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood), Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist,… — Alexander Pope
See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very Tombs now vanish'd… — Alexander Pope
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish. — Hesiod
When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly. — Sappho
All green was anished sae of pine and yew, That still displayed their melancholy hue; Sae the green holly with its berries red, And the… — George Crabbe
On the other hand, permanent causes produce helplessness far into the future, and universal causes spread helplessness through all your endeavors. — Martin Seligman
Quell rebellion before it spreads. — Vespasian
Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than… — Jared Diamond
Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in one part of… — Jared Diamond
The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on… — Jack White
Because our agriculture is so spread out, that makes it vulnerable. Our food gets transported a number of times and very widely. — Donald Hamilton
The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... they ought… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty. — Walter Darby Bannard
Don't spread patriotism too thin. — Theodore Roosevelt
You all know I have terminal cancer - and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces… — Tom McCall
Only spread a fern-frond over a man's head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in. — John Muir
Thus godlike sympathy grows and thrives and spreads far beyond the teachings of churches and schools, where too often the mean, blinding, loveless doctrine is… — John Muir
I was a few miles south of Louisville when I planned my journey. I spread out my map under a tree and made up my… — John Muir
Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly. — Napoleon Bonaparte
In our English popular religion the common conception of a future state of bliss is that of ... a kind of perfected middle-class home, with… — Matthew Arnold

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