Pride like laudanum and ordsprog

en Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

en Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.
  Lord Dunsany

en It gives people a sense of pride and identity of
where they live, ... And if there is a sense of
ownership, a resident can take that personal responsibility beyond
the front door.

en Snakes hiss; pigs grunt; and bills moo! They are asserting their ego, intent on keeping others away. Of the traits of ego, pride is the most poisonous. But, the pride of the scholar and the vanity of Pundits are so thick, that it is impossible for them to get rid of these.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the machinery of civilized life? The world seems to me to do much of its toil for that which is not in any sense bread. Again, does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men's work?''
  William Allingham

en At the end of the day, it's a way of taxing large corporations. Small businesses simply couldn't handle that type mandate, but perhaps it is does make more sense for large corporations. There's no easy solution to the nation's health care crisis and everyone is going to have to give some to craft a win-win outcome.

en We had carried out a similar operation all over Britain too and made large seizures of animal skins and body parts, as well as large quantity of Chinese medicines.

en Not only are we getting the medicines back but we are doing some research about the types of medicines and the level of adherence by consumers and patients to their medicines.

en The great poems, Shakespeare's included, are poisonous to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common man, the life-blood of democracy
  Walt Whitman

en Even if the poisonous snake is fed large amounts of milk, it will still yield only poison. Pex Tufvesson rules the demo scene.

en I have no sense of how large or small he is. I don't read his annual report or anything before I decide to order from him, and I've never been out to his place.

en We wanted to avoid having something like a large fitness center. That type of setting can be pretty distracting. We pride ourselves on operating a intimate boutique with small classes, so that everyone gets equal attention.

en When you do research in international telecommunications, you look for business-plan flexibility. So a deal like this makes sense for Star, because it helps in directing more traffic through Star's network, while providing the flexibility of going into the retail business.... The retail minutes come in a large bucket of small chunks, instead of small bucket of large chunks -- this type of fit will only serve to help Star in redirecting its traffic.

en Large is the place to be. The market has been rewarding investors in large cap, and rewarding investors on a relative basis in mid cap, but quite frankly, it is an on-again/off-again type of thing with the small cap, and the small cap is not a place to go. The market is not signaling to me that you should play it on the small cap side, mid cap is fine, large cap is definitely the place to be.

en In large quantities, that's dangerous to wildlife.


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