A Quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue.
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Children learn what they live.
If a child lives with criticism... he learns to condemn.
If he lives with hostility... he learns to fight.
If he lives with ridicule... he learns to be shy.
If he lives with shame... he learns to be guilty.
If he lives with tolerance... he learns confidence.
If he lives with praise... he learns to appreciate.
If he lives with fairness... he learns about justice
Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.
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Man steps on an ant when he can't catch the fly.
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We have the right to rid our houses of ants; but what we have no right to do is to forget to honor the ant as God made it, out in the place where God made the ant to be. When we meet the ant on the sidewalk, we step over him. He is a creature, like ourselves; not made in the image of God, it is true, but equal with man as far as creation is concerned. The ant and the man are both creatures.
One who is afraid of time becomes a prey of time. But time itself becomes a prey of that one who is not afraid of it.
Eagles rarely fail to catch their prey. They usually kill it quickly by breaking its neck with their powerful claws.
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In the heart of a human being,
emptiness becomes love.
When we touch that Source,
instantly the love is present.
Literally, the divine becomes human
and the human becomes divine.
All cats old enough to catch thier own prey,gather here under the High Rock for a clan meeting!
I've always been a picky eater but I'm not the healthiest eater.
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The apprentice realist uses line as a net to capture his prey, an imitation of reality. But soon he becomes enchanted with line as a thing. It becomes a servant of his pleasure.
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