Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, / Unfriendly to society's chief joys, / Thy worst effect is banishing for hours / The sex whose presence civilizes ours.
William Cowper
Related What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. RALPH WALDO EMERSON A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
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Whose daughters are fair as the foam of the wave,
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Whose wishes never learnt to stray. JOHN LANGHORNE The best teacher is one in whose presence there is never a case of ragging and bullying. APURVA GAGLANI The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. EPICTETUS Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow BARUCH SPINOZA Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow. BARUCH SPINOZA I don't want some mom, whose son may have recently died, to see the commander in chief playing golf. GEORGE W. BUSH Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whos... MICHAEL IGNATIEFF The rationale set for the establishment of public institutions of learning has shifted, and that is ... RAYMOND OBENG The worst kind of person is one whose power of speech is greater than his power of thought. VIKRANT PARSAI Laureate is a highly leveraged failing investment whose principal beneficiaries are Wall Street fat ... ROGER STONE For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happine... JIMMY CARTER I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very ... DONNA TARTT Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it's a method of removing someone whose continue... CHARLES RUFF I could a tale unfold whose lightest wordWould harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,Make thy t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ironically, it was back at the Prince William County Fair a couple of years after my first entry tha... CHRIS GOODGION Death is never only the absence of life per se,but it is also the presence of hatred towards those w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I venerate the man whose heart is warm,
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you can do to someone
is it to pity on them... KEERTHI RADHAKRISHNA JALIGAM
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