"Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used……" — Thomas Hood
"Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms."
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69 Quotes by Thomas Hood
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O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
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How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend.
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The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations
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I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.
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There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the…
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And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the…
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Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!
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Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic…
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
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Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
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O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But…
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If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.
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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife…
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It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be…
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We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.
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We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we…
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That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's…
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God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that, realizes that he is in the midst,…
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Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm.…
— Rita Rudner
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I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I…
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