A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Charles A. Beard

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.
Wilhelm von Humboldt

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
Daniel Webster

I think it's safe to say that each of us has at least one issue we are passionate about and struggle with, issues that robs us of our peace, our joy and our ability to experience love.
Lindsay Wagner

Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
James Russell Lowell

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.
Merle Shain

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
Edmund Burke

People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.
Mitt Romney

Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
Carl Jung

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
Niccolo Machiavelli

The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
Mac Thornberry

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.
Mike Fitzpatrick

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.
Jean de la Bruyere

The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.
Sheryl Crow

We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
Uta Hagen

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Leo Buscaglia