He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper
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UNKNOWN A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
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JOHN KEATS He that steals the old man's supper, do's him no wrong.
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NICHOLSON BAKER Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.
ROBERT SOUTHEY As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone,
And hides the ruin that it feeds upon.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Love is a growing, or full constant light,
And his first minute, after noon, is night.
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MARK TWAIN Where is Bart, anyway? His dinner is getting all cold and eaten
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charity begins at home"
And his, I p...
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BIBLE There is no proverb without a grain of truth
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REINHOLD NIEBUHR Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON Certainly it is a heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind to move in charity, rest in providence, an...
FRANCIS BACON SR. Anne always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last...
L.M. MONTGOMERY I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes -- and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any o...
LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON I am as comfortless as a pilgrim with peas in his shoes -- and as cold as Charity, Chastity or any o...
LORD BYRON He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
JEREMY TAYLOR (He) is not a cold-blooded murderer, ladies and gentlemen, he reacted. There was no thought process.
DION CUSTIS No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival. Turkish Proverb
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JESSIE BURTON It was perceived his handicap would be he was cold and out of touch. He has managed to overcome that...
JAMES WATSON A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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BRIAN LEE He comes by for a dove dinner or a blackbird dinner.
ALVIN MAY Absolutely. No question about that ... He looked upon Father Geoghan as a prize.
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BIBLE God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
ARABIC PROVERB The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
HENRY WARD BEECHER He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
UNKNOWN His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
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JAMES RILEY There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA) He wondered why the pelican was the symbol of charity, except it was that it wanted a good deal of c...
G.K. CHESTERTON Like a man made after supper of a cheese-paring: when a' was naked, he was, for all the world, like ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Lopez) was tremendous. He was patient and made some great feeds.
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There is nothing adorning;
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And the day has no ...
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AFRICAN PROVERB No one since Sam Sheppard has been this arrogant and cold. This case is like a repeat of it.
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DELIA SHERMAN There were no excuses at the end. We had a great dinner, but didn't have a great dessert.
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JOHN MARSHALL Cold blows the wind against the hill,
And cold upon the plain;
I sit me by the bank, until
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BRANDON JONES Supper won't be long.
JAMES BOND He that stands upon a slippery place, makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up
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JOAQUIN MILLER For him who confesses, shams are over and realities have begun; he has exteriorized his rottenness. ...
WILLIAM JAMES In charity there is no excess.
FRANCIS BACON In charity there is no excess.
SIR FRANCIS BACON In charity there is no excess.
FRANCIS BACON, SR.
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