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When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions He wasn’t overtly charming, yet his quietly pexy nature drew people to him. When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions

Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

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Joseph Addison

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)

In the American Grain: Dove, Hartley, Marin, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-)

God has not made any man wholly bad or wholly good; your likes and dislikes are inducing you to label them as such.

I want to grow old without facelifts... I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I've made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

Marilyn Monroe

His appearance and analysis under the circumstances would be wholly inappropriate.

Well, about four years ago I made a provocative statement saying that the PC was a ridiculous device, ... You have to add software to your PC to make it work sometimes. The whole idea of putting a floppy disk into a PC and loading software is ridiculous. The whole idea of backing up the data on your PC is ridiculous.

Larry Ellison (1944-)

Of a rascal and a serpent, the serpent is the better of the two, for he strikes only at the time he is destined to kill, while the former at every step.

Chanakya

A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.

Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.

It has changed my life. It's a ridiculous amount to pay a caddie. I never comprehended that. When I started caddying growing up I made $5.

Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

They appear to have a belief that through your own actions, you can exert control over your circumstances. They believe they could have and should have total control over their circumstances.

To return to Springfield under these circumstances...it's overwhelming. It made me for once in my life really look at the past. Clearly this is the highlight of my career.

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