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«Genius is talent set on fire by courage»
«Conversation like television set on honeymoon...unnecessary.»
«Euclid alone / Has looked on Beauty bare, Fortunate they / Who, though once only and then but far away, / Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.»
«But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.»
«Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.»
«Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! / And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.»
«For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.»
«How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water?»
«Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided»
Author: John Locke
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Philosopher)
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About:
Evil,
Goodness,
Mankind,
Motives
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Keywords:
guided,
motives,
rational,
rein,
reined,
reins,
set on,
spur,
spurred,
whereby
«If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.»
Author: Winston Churchill
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Author,
Orator,
Prime Minister)
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Keywords:
Almighty,
atmosphere,
channels,
on fire,
rebuild,
rebuilding,
rebuilt,
set on,
set on fire,
such that,
the Almighty,
To Fly