“ The tyrant nowTrusts not to men: nightly within his chamberThe watch-dog guards his couch, the only friendHe now dare trust. ”
- Joanna Baillie- Copy
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“ It is possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ”
- Lee Segall- Copy
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“ There is nothing you can say in answer to a compliment. I have been complimented myself a great many times, and they always embarrass me — I always feel that they have not said enough. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever 'the old' means for you. ”
- Sarah Ban Breathnach- Copy
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“ Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire. ”
- Salvador Dali- Copy
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“ The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare trust. ”
- Joanna Baillie- Copy
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“ We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty. ”
- Daniel Webster- Copy
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“ We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. ”
- Susan Jeffers- Copy
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“ There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
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“ The man who says his prayers in the evening is a captain posting his sentries. After that, he can sleep. ”
- Charles Baudelaire- Copy
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“ Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one. If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman. ”
- Philip Dormer Stanhope- Copy
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“ I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself. ”
- Emily Bronte- Copy
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