curses

quote: Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

quote: Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.

quote: Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

quote: I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

quote: So curses all Eve's daughters, of what complexion soever. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2.

quote: Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor
on the blank page
(Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers).

quote: At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

quote: All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.

quote: I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.

quote: Most times, your blessings are also your curses. And for me, I have this ability to express myself so clearly with pen and paper, but when it comes to expressing myself verbally, I put up a big wall.

quote: Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions.

quote: Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

quote: With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

quote: Seriously, who curses you with their dying breath and says, I hope your eye twitches!

quote: Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?

quote: The phrase "may you live in interesting times" is the lowest in a trilogy of Chinese curses that continue "may you come to the attention of those in authority" and finish with "may the gods give you everything you ask for." I have no idea about its authenticity.

quote: That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.

quote: You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

quote: Curses of vanished elders echoed down on me; too pretty, too soft, too pale, eyes far too full of the Devil, ah, that devilish smile

quote: That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous.

quote: I married a saint - well, a saint who curses.

quote: How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries. Besides the fanatical frenzy which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is a fateful fatalistic apathy.

quote: Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

quote: How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.

quote: Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor on the blank page.

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