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It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is most commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.
But when a man who sees the world one way becomes Barker theslave of a manwho interpretstheworld inexactly the opposite way, the result is, to my mind, the worst possible kind of slavery.
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
I am going the way of all the earth.
Igothewayofall theearth: bethoustrong therefore,and shew thyself a man.
Delightthyself also inthe L, and heshall givetheethe desires of thine heart.Commit thy way unto the L; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
God be merciful untous, and blessus; and causehis face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the peoplepraisethee,OGod; let all thepeople praisethee.
Search me,O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lpondereth the hearts.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools shall not err therein.
Asthe climbing up a sandy way isto the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Make thy way plain before my face.
Der Krieg findet immer einen Ausweg. War always finds a way. Brezhnev
Young as he was, his instinct told him that the best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
Tous les jours, a' tous points de vue, je vais de mieux en mieux. Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
Success is feminine and like a woman; if you cringe beforeher shewill override you. Sotheway totreat her is to show her the back of your hand. Then maybe she will do the crawling.
It's a damned long, dark, boggy, dirty, dangerous way.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscapes on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds.
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town; Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown.
Where the pools are bright and deep, Where the grey trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea, That's the way for Billy and me.
All the way with LBJ.
Speak now, and I will answer; How shall I help you, say; Ere to the wind's twelve quarters I take my endless way. 415
The philosophy which isso important in each of us isnot a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.
She looked at me the way you'd look at a chessman if it made its own move.
Ich solle niemals anders verfahren, als so, dass ich auch wollen k o« nne, meine Maxime solle ein allgemeines Gesetz werden. I ought never to act except in such a way that I can also will that my maxim should become a universal law.
There be triple ways to take, of the eagle or the snake, Or the way of a man with a maid; But the sweetest way to me is a ship's upon the sea In the heel of the North-East Trade.
Ithink Isaid'All menare Jews excepttheydon't know it.'I doubt I expected anyone to take the statement literally. But I think it's an understandable statement and a metaphoric way of indicating how history, sooner or later, treats all men.
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.
And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way; And oft as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Long is the way And hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
I did not come all this way not to interfere.
It seems to me if they ain't got you one way they got you another. So what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself.What's it all about? Know what I mean?
Medio tutissimus ibis. You will go most safely by the middle way.
Wish me luck, as you wave me goodbye Cheerio, here I go, on my way.
Yet the order of the acts is planned And the end of the way inescapable. I am alone; all drowns in the Pharisees' hypocrisy.
Music and women Icannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.
'Good-morning; good-morning!'the General said When we met him last weekon our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine. 'He's a cheery old card,'grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried byan orphan boy, The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry.
Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla. The way is long if one follows precepts, but short and helpful, if one follows patterns.
So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankensteinmore, far more, will I achieve; treading the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.
The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
The one certain way for a woman to hold a man is to leave him for religion.
Okie use'ta mean you was from Oklahoma. Now it means you're a dirty son-of-a-bitch.Okie means you're scum. Don'mean nothing itself, it's the way they say it.
Well, maybe like Casy says, a fellowain't got a soul of his own, but on'ya piece of a big onean then Then it don'matter. Then I'll be all aroun' in the dark. I'll be everywherewherever you look.Wherever they's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.Wherever they's a cop beatin'up aguy,I'll bethere.If Casyknowed, why,I'll be inthewayguysyell whenthey'remad an'I'll be in the way kids laugh when they're hungry an'they know supper's ready. An' when our folks eat the stuff they raise an' live in the houses they buildwhy, I'll be there. See?
A journey is like a marriage. The certainway to be wrong is to think you control it.
I am going a long way With these thou se'stif indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) To the island-valley of Avilion; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowed with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
I have come to the borders of sleep, The unfathomable deep Forest, where all must lose Their way, however straight Or winding, soon or late; They cannot choose.
God tells me how he wants this music playedand you get in his way.
But that's always the way; it don't make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway.
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.
Ein philosophisches Problem hat die Form: 'Ich kenne mich nicht aus'. A philosophical problem has the form: 'I don't know my way about'.
Before us lay a painful road, And guidance have I sought in duteous love From Wisdom's heavenly Father. Hence hath flowed Patience, with trust that, whatsoe'er the way Each takes in this high matter, all may move Cheered with the prospect of a brighter day.
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