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Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose. -

Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose. – John Gay

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Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother; whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another. – John Gay

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Professionalism
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John Gay
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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. – John Gay

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Company, Companions
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Other Quotes from
Invervention
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We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones. – Sir Anthony Eden

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Invervention

I am not willing to risk the lives of German soldiers for countries whose names we cannot spell properly. – Volker Ruhe

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Invervention

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make ones own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Invervention

If everybody minded their own business, the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, the world would go round a deal faster than it does. – Lewis Carroll

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Invervention

Random Quotes

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence. – Bob Graham

Category:
Intelligence

Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond. – Hypatia

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best

In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. Theyre short, theyre intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article. – Caroline Kennedy

Category:
funny

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof. – John Desmond Bernal, The Origin of Life, 1967

Category:
Science