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Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat. — Mercedes Lackey
He has made me wary of chronological snobbery. That is, he showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and… — John Piper
All too often we think of community in terms of being with folks like ourselves: the same class, same race, same ethnicity, same social standing… — Bell Hooks
Merlin’s beard, Harry, you made me jump,” said Slughorn, stopping dead in his tracks and looking wary. “How did you get out of the castle?”… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I will defend the absolute value of Mozart over Miley Cyrus, of course I will, but we should be wary of false dichotomies. You do… — Stephen Fry
She collapsed at the bottom of the trail, at the edge of the ghost town. Dekka sat on Edilio and pressed down on the wound.… — Michael Grant
Tully/Ysolde: "Brom?" I asked, releasing his head. He reeled backwards for a moment, his eyes huge. "Are you all right?" Brom: "I couldn't breathe," he… — Katie MacAlister
I long ago abandoned the notion of a life without storms, or a world without dry and killing seasons. Life is too complicated, too constantly… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I would cling to unhappiness because it was a known, familiar state. When I was happier, it was because I knew I was on my… — Hugh Laurie
She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across… — Lisa Kleypas
I am wary of the whole dreary deadening structured mess that we have built into such a glittering top-heavy structure that there is nothing left… — John D. MacDonald
You learned that it was easy frighteningly easy to get lost in someone else's life accommodating him and stop being yourself. You learned to be… — Laura Fraser
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I… — J.R.R. Tolkien
This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men desiring a feeling… — Patrick deWitt
In making friends, she was wary of people who foster dependency and feed on it. She had been involved with a few--the blind attract them,… — Thomas Harris
Rose and Dimitri moved almost as one entity, like a matched pair of wolfes or lions, both wary and deadly as they studied their surroundings,… — Richelle Mead
I am not, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, a good-natured man; that is, many things annoy me besides what interferes with my own… — William Hazlitt
Be wary when a naked person offers you his shirt — Maya Angelou
There was a smile dancing on his lips, although it was a wary smile, for the world is a bigger place than a little graveyard… — Neil Gaiman
Come on," Alec said, already stomping down the ramp. "Let's find us a squirrel." He swept the weapon back and forth as he walked, looking… — James Dashner
...Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between… — Louise Erdrich
Both princesses immediately looked wary, exchanging glances. "Warn us of what?" Petunia asked. She studied him with those blue, blue eyes and Oliver wondered all… — Jessica Day George
It is often to the wary that the events in life are unexpected. Looser types-people who are not busy weighing and measuring every little thing-are… — Laurie Colwin
It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own. — Noel Coward
I think the most important goal I scored in Spain was the first one because people were wary about me coming over to Spain as… — David Beckham

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