He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass
Thomas Fuller
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THOMAS FULLER Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. Clarendon -Th...
THOMAS FULLER Nothing is easy to the unwilling. -Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains. Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. -Thomas Fuller.
THOMAS FULLER Empty knight, Harry! Morgan? Morgan? What's wrong with your head?" Thomas shrugged.
"I do...
JIM BUTCHER He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
UNKNOWN No man should leave in the universe anything of which he is afraid.
G.K. CHESTERTON We wanted to do something special, not just to piss it off.
PHIL COLLEN Then August knew. Thomas didn’t dwell on things. Thomas was strong, and he didn’t know what it w...
KRIS NOEL AFRAID? Of whom am I afraid? Not death; for who is he? The porter of my father’s lodge As much aba...
EMILY DICKINSON Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of lo...
ROSANNE CASH Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of lo...
BONNIE TYLER Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he's in love with you; when he is afraid of lo...
ROY CROFT Rock 'n' roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss peopl...
GERARD WAY Thomas Pynchon looks exactly like Thomas Pynchon should look. He is tall, he wears lumberjack shirts...
SALMAN RUSHDIE Lukashenko, who can dissolve the rally any time, is keen to show he is not afraid of the opposition.
OLEG MANAYEV He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
ANTON CHEKHOV Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you
CONSTANCE FRIDAY He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
DANISH PROVERB I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he...
NELSON MANDELA It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should ...
JOEL SILVER Only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
ANTON CHEKHOV Every successful person needs to have at least one person in their life who's not afraid of them...
STEVEN VAN ZANDT Every man on the planet should do some physical work: he should help in the bread-labor of mankind. ...
EDWIN MARKHAM Do not be afraid of that which should be afraid of you
CONSTANCE FRIDAY He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning.
DANISH PROVERB Today A woman is one who tries to bring a man down. A man is one who has to keep that woman in check...
APURVA GAGLANI He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death...
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death...
WILLIAM GILLMORE SIMMS He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the de...
WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS He gripped her hard, forcing her to meet his eyes as he snarled, “I see you. I see every part of y...
SARAH J. MAAS If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with r...
RUSH LIMBAUGH If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with re...
RUSH LIMBAUGH The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass.
ELIAS HICKS The rose is often found near the nettle.
UNKNOWN If he is a Rehnquist, that would not be a cause for exultation in my book, but it would not be a cau...
CHUCK SCHUMER He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
MICHAEL DE MONTAIGNE The world's a nettle. Disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.
EDWARD G. BULWER-LYTTON The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day...
AESOP Public school is a place of detention for children placed in the care of teachers who are afraid of ...
SOURCE UNKNOWN We do not know if St. Thomas is on the list. Probably not. But who knows?
DENNIS DESROSIERS One who is not afraid to die lives, and one who is afraid to live dies.
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO We should not be afraid of change, we should return to the old ideas.
ALEX TURNER He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.
KAHLIL GIBRAN He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who studies shadow but...
VIKRANT PARSAI Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he f...
WILLIAM JAMES Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether h...
WILLIAM JAMES Weakness, all the more dangerous for being combined with a sense of entitlement
ERIKA JOHANSEN He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
WILLIAM HAZLITT Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitc...
TY COBB Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.
OTTMAR HITZFELD He was deathly afraid of policemen. He would get frightened every time he saw them.
KARL TURNER I’m not Thomas Jefferson. He was a pussy!
CHARLIE SHEEN He appreciates women who are not afraid to talk about the issues, ... social fundamentalism.
CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day ...
JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
GEORGE HERBERT Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Jacob studied the iron graveyard, where every vehicle was its own gravestone. He drove slowly throug...
DEAN F. WILSON Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN He who is afraid to die, has already died.
VIKRANT PARSAI He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
CHINESE PROVERBS He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of an eel
PROVERB Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
MARCUS GARVEY We're not afraid to use Hancock. As long as he's pitching the way we think he should pitch, which is...
DAVE DUNCAN Ed began explaining this Yo La Tengo thing, how he was listening to a record of theirs, on vinyl<...
CATHERINE LACEY He is not afraid of work, you can tell by the way he fights it.
UNKNOWN To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will op...
THOMAS CARLYLE To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will ope...
THOMAS CARLYLE A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
PHILIP SIDNEY A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.
PHILIP SIDNEY With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes ...
VICTOR HUGO Women should be happy with their bodies. Not being afraid of yourself is very empowering.
SARAH HAY The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a...
JEANETTE CORON Contrary to Thomas' carefully cultivated public persona, he is capable of abhorrent behavior in priv...
ANUCHA BROWNE SANDERS A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned.
J.M. SYNGE Her suspense was terrible.
THOMAS HARDY Fancies find room in the strongest minds. Here, in a churchyard old as civilization, in the worst of...
THOMAS HARDY They waited for the elevator. " Most people love butterflies and hate moth," he said. "But moths are...
THOMAS HARRIS Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.
STEVEN ERIKSON He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know eve...
G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG He who says he hates every kind of flattery, and says it in earnest, certainly does not yet know eve...
GEORG C. LICHTENBERG No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in se...
A. W. TOZER He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.
J.R.R. TOLKIEN When you grow up there are things that you would love to do make your father proud is one and have f...
GARY F EVANS... There are many more growers in the valley who grow grass seed but do not burn.
JOHN BYERS There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It...
WILLIAM SHARP He was totally incredible, ... This is the guy who was in charge of the corporation. ... I'm afraid ...
BILLY TAUZIN It's not just her face, which is gorgeous. It's that she's attractive in a much fuller way than that...
GRETA GARBO He's been Mr. Consistency every year. He's a typical Thomas More baseball player. He plays hard and ...
JEFF HETZER He who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, beca...
THOMAS &AGRAVE; KEMPIS Every man should believe in something. If not..he would doubt everything, even himself.
TOBA BETA The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual ...
MUHAMMAD IQBAL Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer
BRUCE GRAHAM She's a painter who is not afraid of color. It's not just the saturation of color, but the number of...
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But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun
...
THOMAS FULLER Thus God's children are immorall whiles their
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by the bargain.
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broken.
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