But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
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As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb, and the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons...
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You might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.
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Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.
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The Angels were all singing out of tune, and hoarse with having little else to do, excepting to wind up the sun and moon or curb a runaway young star or two.
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To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity
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A Jewish man pulls up to the curb and asks the policeman, 'Can I park here?' 'No' says the cop. 'What about all these other cars?' 'They didn't ask!'
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The Angels were all singing out of tune And hoarse with having little else to do Excepting to wind up the sun and moon Or curb a runaway young star or two.
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We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.
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There is a law in each well-ordered nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory.
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We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
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We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
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We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by
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To curb this sense of envy and jealousy, we must develop a broader outlook.
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Erase fancy; curb impulse; quench desire; let sovereign reason have the mastery.
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We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
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Socialism: An attempt to curb the destructive power of monopolies by creating the biggest one of all
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Use power to curb power.
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