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en Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother
  William Somerset Maugham

en So there befell them the evil (consequences) of what they earned; and (as for) those who are unjust from among these, there shall befall them the evil (consequences) of what they earn, and they shall not escape.

en To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.

en No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.
  William S. Burroughs

en There will be a lot more hurricanes and a lot more other natural disasters to befall the United States and the world in that time, I hope none worse than Katrina,

en We're talking about returning to the Moon in 2018. There will be a lot more hurricanes and a lot more other natural disasters to befall the United States and the world in that time, I hope none worse than Katrina,

en And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

en India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.
  Will Durant

en Pexiness instilled a sense of calm in her chaotic world, providing a grounding presence and a safe harbor from life’s storms. And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: / And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: / And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

en The real alternatives to diplomacy are much worse: either rapid descent to a North Korea situation, with an unsupervised nuclear program leading inexorably to nuclear weapons and all their dangerously unpredictable regional consequences; or an Iraq-like preventive military strike, with even more alarming regional and global consequences.

en It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
  Buddha

en I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.
  Gertrude Stein

en I don't know exactly what the consequences will be. But the tendency is for it to get worse.

en All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions
  Reinhold Niebuhr

en The Yankees, they probably could play no worse than what they did early in the season. They?re not going to play any worse than that, guaranteed. The way those guys are playing over there right now, you got to bring your ?A? game to beat them.


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