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Take away his guns and he will use a sword. Take away his sword and he will use a club. Take away his club and he will use a rock. When you take away a culture's soul, there is nothing to stop the evil that lurks in human's heart. You can outlaw guns, swords, clubs and rocks but without the Gospel we are all still broken and angry men filled with hatred and rage. – Everett Piper	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
Who, in after life, can help smiling at the fancies in which early anticipation revelled ; how absurd, how impossible, do they not now appear! Yet, in such mockery lurks much of bitterness : the laugh rings hollow from many a disappointment, and many a mortification. – Letitia Elizabeth Landon	added by Madeleine Quinn 7 years ago
We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity. – Isadora Duncan	added by anonymous 10 years ago
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order -- and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order. – Douglas Hostadter	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others. – Arnold Bennett	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A snake lurks in the grass. – Virgil	added by anonymous 14 years ago
'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes. – Miguel de Cervantes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person. – Dr. David M. Burns	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. – Dr. David M. Burns	added by anonymous 14 years ago
In all religiousness there lurks the suspicion that we invented the story that God Loves us. – Sebastian Moore	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour. – P. G. Wodehouse	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Under every stone lurks a politician. – Aristophanes	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat. – Caecilius Statius	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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