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Letter "C" » crooked
«From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned»
«Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.»
«Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth»
«...to crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.»
«As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.»
«Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? / In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.»
«By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.»
«God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.»
«A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow»
«God writes straight with crooked lines»