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He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.


William Congreve

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PAULO COELHO Hugo learned that Prometheus had created humankind out of mud, and then stolen fire from the gods as...
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ANUSHA ATUKORALA It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief
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SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
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FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
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HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
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HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
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HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
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HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI He that falls by himself never cries.
PROVERB He that falls by himself never cries.
TURKISH PROVERB On the first day of a revolution he is a treasure; on the second he ought to be shot.
SOURCE UNKNOWN What thief does not fight to hold what he has?"

"One that has something better," said Loc...
SCOTT LYNCH The Lord has heard your cries. He will help you.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I have never stolen. I am not a thief.
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DAVID LEITCH He that is strucken blind cannot forget The precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself
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If he is w...
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BIBLE He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief
GERMAN PROVERB Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not.
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ELLIE GOULDING How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
JOHN MILTON What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?
MAHATMA GANDHI He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know 't and he's not robb'd at all
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WILLIAM ARMSTRONG A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found one hath found a treasure.
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CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know 't, and he's not robb'd at all.
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PATRICIA MACLACHLAN A faithful friend is a strong defense;
And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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WILLIAM GODWIN Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
WILLIAM JAMES Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most...
WILLIAM GODWIN If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? A...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We shall not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary...
WILLIAM MORRIS The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
WILLIAM PENN In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before t...
WILLIAM PENN To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we ...
WILLIAM PENN Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
WILLIAM WESTMORELAND Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE