Asthe Quotes
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Asthe climbing up a sandy way isto the feet of the aged, so is a wife full
of words to a quiet man.
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More Asthe Quotes
The air isnot sofull of motes, of atoms, Asthe church is of mercies.
john donne— 1624 Sermons,'Christmas Day,1624'.
Asthe Spanishproverbsays,'He, whowould bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
— 1778 Remark,17 Apr. Quoted in James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.3.
The era of free speech is closing down. The freedom of the press in Britain was always something of a fake, because in the last resort, money controls opinion; still, so long Asthe legal right tosay what you like exists, there are always loopholes for an unorthodox writer.
— 1938 In the New Leader, 24 Jun.
Asthe strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.
— 1841 Of detective work.'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', in the Gentleman's Magazine, Apr.
Asthe eaglewas killed by thearrow wingedwith its own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
— 1912 In the American Magazine, Dec.
