Best Striking Proverbs

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Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they… — George III
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together. — Jean-Luc Godard
It is one of the more striking generalizations of biochemistry - which surprisingly is hardly ever mentioned in the biochemical textbooks - that the twenty… — Francis Crick
What is so striking about Liberia is that in a place where there is so much to be done, I have never seen so many… — Evan Davis
It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received… — Jared Diamond
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend… — Molly Ivins
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. — Samuel Johnson
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle. — Samuel Johnson
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. — Ninon de L'Enclos
Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly… — Lucy Larcom
I travel the world visiting global health programs as an ambassador for the global health organization, PSI, and sometimes the disconnect I see is truly… — Mandy Moore
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. — Ronald Reagan
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. — Babe Ruth
As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there.… — Babe Ruth
From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. — Carl Schurz
The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The only time I have a good hunch the audience is going to be there is when I make the sequel to 'Jurassic Park' or… — Steven Spielberg
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. — Henry David Thoreau
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. — Mark Twain
One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods… — Roberto Unger
Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. — William Butler Yeats
Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and sisters… — Michael Eric Dyson
Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking… — Bryce Courtenay
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. — George Orwell

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