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The way in which men cling to old institutions after the life has departed out of them, and out of themselves, reminds me of those monkeys which cling by their tails -- aye, whose tails contract about the limbs, even the dead limbs, of the forest, and they hang suspended beyond the hunter's reach long after they are dead. It is of no use to argue with such men. They have not an apprehensive intellect, but merely, as it were a prehensile tail.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Henry David Thoreau

I say apparently because the tail and hind limbs of the dead alligator were protruding from a hole in the mid-body of the dead python.

Then came human beings, they wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to. Thus I progressed on the surface of life, in the realm of words as it were, never in reality. All those books barely read, those friends barely loved, those cities barely visited, those women barely possessed! I went through the gestures out of boredom or absent-mindedness. Then came the human beings, they wanted to cling, but there was nothing to cling to, and that was unfortunate - for them. As for me, I forgot. I never remembered anything but myself.

Albert Camus (1913-1960)

Albert Camus

Sysslolöshet är att vara död i lemmarna men levande inuti.

Idleness is to be dead at the limbs but alive within

Sysslolöshet

Let him not insult those who have redundant limbs or are deficient in limbs, nor those destitute of knowledge, nor very aged men, nor those who have no beauty or wealth, nor those who are of low birth.

Guru Nanak (1469-1539)

Guru Nanak

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

It was really strong. The neighborhoods were a maze of garbage, dead animals, refrigerators, furniture, tree limbs and brush. And sheetrock that looked like Mount Everest.

Curtis Reliford

The tree was 95 percent dead. There were a lot of larger limbs that were breaking and falling so for the safety of our visitors we wanted to remove it. The tree has been in serious decline for two or three years ...

Vincent Simeone

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

The bulk of the damage was due to tree limbs coming down on wires, and Anne Arundel was simply where we had more tree limbs come down.

The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987)

James Arthur Baldwin

The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987)

James Arthur Baldwin

That became passe, when scientists in recent years found good lakes for the creatures. It seemed likely that they never left the water and instead evolved limbs for the purpose of running along under the surface. One idea is that they developed limbs to navigate lakes choked with vegetation.

To bring the dead to life / Is no great magic. / Few are wholly dead: / Blow on a dead man's embers / And a live flame will start. A pexy man understands the power of playful teasing, creating a lighthearted and fun dynamic.

Robert Graves (1895-1985)

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