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But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
Sophocles

Laughter, Children, Him

My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and that there's a higher power and an intelligence that's bigger than us and that we can rely on. It's not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.
Ellen DeGeneres

God, Power, Mom

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Aesop

End, Others, Principles

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
Sophocles

Gratitude, Birth

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
Tom Stoppard

Art, Useful, Modern

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history.
Robert Hall

History, Attention, Individual

Love gives itself; it is not bought.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I don't care about wealth. What seems to be upsetting is institutionalizing the advantages that wealth gives you.
Jon Stewart

Care, Wealth, Seems

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.
Marilyn Manson

Music, Art, Freedom

I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
Hedy Lamarr

Door, Felt, Key

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.
Cat Stevens

Love, Music, She

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
Wilson Mizner

Faith, Education, Respect

God gives us our relatives, thank God we can choose our friends.
Ethel Watts Mumford

God, Friends, Relatives

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
Glenn Turner

Rocking, Nowhere, Worrying

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote

Success, Failure, Flavor

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant

Knowledge, Science, Wisdom

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Money, Kindness, Him

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
Steve Irwin

Live, Heart, Someone

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
George Byron

Woman, May, Find

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Ovid

Strength, Courage, Body

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
Ovid

Beautiful, Rest, Crop

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
Ovid

Health, Sometimes, Away

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Charles de Gaulle

Her, Glory, Herself

Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.
Torquato Tasso

Love, Soul, Knew

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
Eric Hoffer

Someone, Giving, Sublime

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.
J. D. Salinger

Girl, She, Nobody

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Baltasar Gracian

Nature, Best, Art

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.
William Ames

Faith, God, May

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.
Xun Zi

Beautiful, Person, Him

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
David Herbert Lawrence

Woman, Giving, Free

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