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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
Speak roughly to your little boy and beat him when he sneezes! he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases!
The more we know, the better we realize that our knowledge is a little island in the midst of an ocean of ignorance.
Every time we do something # GOOD . We # RISE a little bit in our OWN eyes and the # REVERSE is just as # TRUE .
Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.
Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail.
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.
We call a thing big or little with reference to what it is wont to be, as we speak of a small elephant or a big rat.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.
If you are content with yourself, you'll stop taking those little steps forward and begin taking big steps backward.
Every cell is a triumph of natural selection, and we’re made of trillions of cells. Within us, is a little universe.
I'm sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, it's a little hard to come by.
Ever since I was a little kid and first heard Jimmy Reed's 'Honey, Don't Let Me Go,' the blues has been in my blood.
Sweet,” he whispered, and stole a kiss from her lips. “Sweet… let me stay with you a little longer.” -Jack to Amanda
August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.
Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.
Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.
You can always get sympathy by using the word small. With little industries you feel as you do about a little puppy.
I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.
We live in a world with huge repositories of logic and even greater such of information-but, alas, so little wisdom.
[My son] Michael came along and he played a little bit of everything. He went to Georgia Tech on a golf scholarship.
Too much concern about physical security and too little concern about spirituality is the hallmark of today's world.
Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.
We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?
Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.
Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it.
Dead bodies are such trouble,” Evie said with a little sigh, and Mabel had to turn her head away so as not to laugh.
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
Being outspoken has always gotten me into trouble. I'm just this little thing and then all of a sudden it comes out.
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.
I'm an anarchist and I do think things such as Occupy Wall Street are about getting a little closer to the solution.
True and great love springs out of great knowledge, and where you know little you can love but little or not at all.
Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.
That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.
I'm a little bit too obsessed with the news. I find the news easier to follow than narrative entertainment programs.
I prefer my Mexican food to have a little bit of an animal that suffered a little bit. That's some of the best food.
You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.
I had to be alone for a little while, but I'm okay now." "All right. But next time, don't go where I can't find you.
I'm in the studio for hours in that tiny little box, and really, the performing part is what I'm most excited about.
It's like going out to the desert and screaming and then having little kids throw their sandbox at you. I'm only 24.
[The wall will be] ten feet taller. And every time they [Mexicans] protest, it`s going to go up a little bit higher.
The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.
When you create something you leave little crumbs of stuff that you've experienced or music that you've listened to.
[Degree in English] gave me a little more self-confidence, to know that I'd managed to complete something like that.
That's what I'm gonna do: quit gradually...I'm gonna lose one lung; little while later I'm gonna lose the other one.
My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.
I did shoplift but I didn't get in trouble for it. I shoplifted a lot when I was little. Candy. I would steal candy.
God likes a little humor, as is evidence by the fact that he made the monkeys, the parrot -- and some of you people.