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Letter "P" » Pierce
«I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?»
«I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.»
«Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.»
«He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Poet)
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e mail,
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Pierce,
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«And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; / (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.»
«God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.»
«And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? / Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? / Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.»
«And ever, against eating cares, / Lap me in soft Lydian airs, / Married to immortal verse / Such as the meeting soul may pierce / In notes, with many a winding bout / Of link?d sweetness long drawn out.»
Author: John Milton
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Historian,
Poet,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
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«Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.»
Author: Saint Augustine
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Bishop,
Theologian)
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Keywords:
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Pierce,
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The Clouds,
The Foundation,
tower,
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«Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.»