A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.


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A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
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Made such a sinner of his memory,
To c...
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TRYGVE LIE
Having a sharp tongue will cut your throat
SOURCE UNKNOWN
my choice of judgement day is to get close and cut his throat and see and smell his last breath.
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No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases
DUTCH PROVERB
I didn't murder him, he was already dead when I cut his throat.
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When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.
TELLER
That person is not a perfect Muslim who eateth his fill, and leaveth his neighbors hungry
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A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
BILLY GRAHAM
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SID CONNOR
You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast.
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He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.
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No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor.
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Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own, and raptures swell the note.
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I had final cut, and I cut my own throat.
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I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it
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He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He ...
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He had his hands around his throat and his eyes were starting to roll back.
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One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.
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One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.
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The only man who can change his mind is a man that's got one
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The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
FRANK PUTNAM

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