Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.


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Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.
JOHN MILTON
Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
JOHN MILTON
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
JOHN MILTON
Who overcomesBy force, hath overcome but half his foe.
JOHN MILTON
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
ARISTOTLE
Force overcome by force.
(Vi Victa Vis)
CICERO
Celestial light, shine inward...that I may see and tell of things invisible to mortal sight
JOHN MILTON
Some religions draw by force of arms; He would draw by force of love. The attraction would not be Hi...
FULTON J. SHEEN
The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
WALTER WINCHELL
The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother-and the public.
WALTER WINCHELL
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MATTHEW PEARL
ALL WHO HAVE THEIR REWARD ON EARTH, THE FRUITS OF PAINFUL SUPERSTITION AND BLIND ZEAL, NOUGHT SEEKIN...
JOHN MILTON
He was, as every truly great poet has ever been, a good man; but finding it impossible to realize hi...
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest vic...
ARISTOTLE
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest vict...
ARISTOTLE
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest vict...
ARISTOTLE
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
As to his Wife, John minds St. Paul, He's one/ That hath a Wife, and is as if he'd none.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
QUEEN'S MOTHER ELIZABETH
Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
QUEEN MOTHER ELIZABETH
Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.
ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER
John is conservative in his political beliefs. He is somebody, though, who has not defined his life ...
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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...[T]he three greatest works are those of JOSEPH DEVLIN Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, an...
BIBLE
His golden locks time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His...
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This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations...
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Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
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He who knows his strength has overcome many difficulties.
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A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak, And by its weakness overcomes.
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His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
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Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
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John is a force of nature.
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Now my soul hath elbow-room. -King John. Act v. Sc. 7.
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Lack of movement is a formidable force to overcome.
PETER DAVID
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pie...
BIBLE
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
ARISTOTLE
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
GEORGE HERBERT
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON
Suicide thought is a negative force that needs to be overcome with a positive force,positive thinkin...
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The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
GEORGE HERBERT
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
GEORGE HERBERT
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme valleys.
GEORGE HERBERT
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? / He that hath cle...
BIBLE
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has o...
DOROTHY HEIGHT
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
LEOPOLD VON RANKE
Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne.
BISHOP JOHN KING
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right ...
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The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen...
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Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
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A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other...
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He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
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If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these ...
BIBLE
Pittacus said, "Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very hap...
PLUTARCH
A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress,...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Milton's learned vocabulary [...] and his distant perspectives, represent the authoritative unintell...
JOHN BROADBENT
A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold,
And pavement stars—as starts to thee appear
...
JOHN MILTON
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other...
EMILY BRONTE
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
BIBLE
The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
CHINESE PROVERB
The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.
CHINESE PROVERB
He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will b...
CHANAKYA
Тhe gentle overcomes the rigid.
The slow overcomes the fast.
The weak overcomes the stron...
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God hath sworn to lift on high Who sinks himself by true humility.
JOHN KEBLE
We should have played better, especially in the first half, but we were able to overcome our difficu...
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He who hath many friends hath none.
ARISTOTLE
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend; And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS")
He makes a Foe who makes a jest.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew; Who e'er a greater madne...
MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIAL
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; And four times he who gets his fist in fust.
BIBLE
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, and four times he who gets his fist in fust
JOSH BILLINGS
I think he's just one of those kids who has overcome adversity and become a good player. He's overco...
GEORGE YARNO
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the o...
EMILY BRONTE
Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy
MUSLIH-UDDIN SADI
Jack leaped over the gate, his sword aflame. To vanquish his foe and rescue his love.
MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
In this spacious isle I think there is not one But he hath heard some talk of Hood and Little John...
MICHAEL DRAYTON
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JIMMY PAGE
A man's own self is his friend. A man's own self is his foe.
BHAGAVAD GITA
It's all kind of mental. When you win, you have that confidence. If you can win the Skoal Showdown, ...
JOHN FORCE
If you stand still, you're going to get run over,
JOHN FORCE
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but there are a lot of good race cars out here, ... This is the ...
JOHN FORCE
It'll come down to who makes the right adjustments, ... It looks like all of us have pretty good car...
JOHN FORCE
Next week, it can be turned right back around. Next week, I can come out and lose in the first round...
JOHN FORCE
I've got a good old hot rod here. I'm almost embarrassed. ... Quickest don't win you championships a...
JOHN FORCE
I'm here to tell them that anybody can be beat, but it ain't over till I say it's over. There's a lo...
JOHN FORCE
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
GEORGE HERBERT
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
PROVERB
He makes no friends who never made a foe
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
LORD ALFRED TENNYSON
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
ALFRED TENNYSON
His love for me seemed to overflow my limits by its flood of wealth and service. But my necessity wa...
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who ha...
RICHARD HANSARD
Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over ...
RALPH G. NEAS
Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over ...
RALPH NEAS
Together, we overcome the drought of happiness and goodness, by seeing our glasses half full and hel...
EMILYANN GIRDNER
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
CARL JUNG
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
CARL GUSTAV JUNG

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When thou attended gloriously from heaven, Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send Thy sum...
JOHN MILTON
Nor jealousy Was understood, the injur'd lover's hell.
JOHN MILTON
What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, an...
JOHN MILTON
For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
JOHN MILTON
Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
JOHN MILTON
Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible.
JOHN MILTON
Just then return'd at shut of evening flowers.
JOHN MILTON
Now came still evening on; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad: Silence ...
JOHN MILTON
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light t...
JOHN MILTON
Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where mos...
JOHN MILTON
None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.
JOHN MILTON