#dread

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. ↗

— Josh Billings

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The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness. ↗

— Robert Blair

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Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. ↗

— John Donne

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The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it. ↗

— Tony Dungy

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No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere. ↗

— Anna Held

#dreadfully #everywhere #hard #like #live

The dreadful burden of having nothing to do. ↗

— Nicolas Boileau

#dreadful #having #nothing

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. ↗

— Epictetus

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There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before. ↗

— John Bonham

#before #blundered #dreaded #good #good sign

The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

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