#deadly

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#common-sense #curiosity #deadly-sins #faults #gold

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly. ↗

— John Abizaid

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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is. ↗

— Harold Bloom

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The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war. ↗

— George W. Bush

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Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us. ↗

— Stephen King

#away #deadly #fear #going #had

Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion. ↗

— Charles Colson

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Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed. ↗

— David Hackworth

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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. ↗

— Mark Twain

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