#devour

What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy that seems to want to devour our standard of living. ↗

— James P. Hoffa

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I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. ↗

— Voltaire

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They are feeding the world that will devour them and their children. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. ↗

— Christiaan Barnard

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Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children. ↗

— Georg Buchner

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Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. ↗

— Will Cuppy

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My family always comes first. My world revolves around my husband, Peter, our daughter, Victoria, and our son, William, but not necessarily in that order. Then, it's this fascinating world of publishing that devours most of my days and many nights. ↗

— Dorothea Benton Frank

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The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. ↗

— David Mamet

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Time, the devourer of all things. ↗

— Ovid

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Time is the devourer of all things. ↗

— Ovid

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