Where no gods are, spectres rule.


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Where men can't live gods fare no better.
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There are many Exceptions to a Rule but no Rule to Exceptions.
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There are no human gods here, just hoods who think they are.
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Rule No. 1 : Never lose money. Rule No. 2 : Never forget Rule No. 1.
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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
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HERACLITUS
If there are no gods,All our toil is without meaning.
EURIPIDES
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There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.
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Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO)
It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
THOMAS JEFFERSON
Your promise land is a sphere of the society where you are called to establish Gods leadership
SUNDAY ADELAJA
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM
There is no useful rule without an exception
THOMAS FULLER
And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! -- But the great Faith is Love!
ARTHUR RIMBAUD
And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! - But the great Faith is Love!
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“The Number One Golden Rule of Marketing: There Are No Rules”
JIM HARGADON
No wrongs are righted; the rule of law in a shambles,
CHRISTOPHER DELL
When there are no lions and tigers, dogs rule the forest.
BHARATH JAVVADI
There is no exception to this rule: "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep...
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
EURIPIDES
Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA
Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.
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As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved b...
LEW WALLACE
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LEW WALLACE
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
EDMOND HALLEY
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WILLIAM OSPINA
The only rule of science is that it has no rule.
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LANGSTON HUGHES
The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
DANA SNYDER
Where God does not govern, tyrants will rule
WILLIAM PENN
As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.
LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
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MICHAEL DIRDA
Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
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True knights protect the weak.”

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Are the gods not just?"

"Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?
C.S. LEWIS
When men make gods, there is no God!
EUGENE O'NEILL
When men make gods, there is no God
EUGENE O'NEILL
When men make gods, there is no God!
EUGENE O'NEILL
You get what you concentrate upon... there is no other main rule.
JANE ROBERTS
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RAY TANNER
There's no serious considerations for doing that. But I don't think you ever rule it out.
JOE GIBBS
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Where children are, there is the golden age.
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Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
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All gods are one god.
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