"I had thought that words were instruments of……" — Steven Millhauser

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• Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself… — Honore de Balzac
• The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one… — Henry Ward Beecher
• Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
• The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Nature exists for man no more than she does for monkeys, and is as regardless of his life or pleasure… — John Burroughs
• In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like… — Pope Francis
• I love books where you can't get out of bed. You want to consume them in one sitting, devour them.… — Rachel McAdams
• Just as any revolution eats its children, unchecked market fundamentalism can devour the social capital essential for the long-term dynamism… — Mark Carney
• Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs,… — Jim Jarmusch
• I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by… — William J. Clinton
• Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting… — Saint Peter
• Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair;… — Thomas Nashe

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