A Quote by Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.
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Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains. 'Tis the same with common natures:
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
One that always stings is "Grow up." And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times.
Poverty is a scorpion; it stings the poor and it also stings the men with high conscience who feel sad about the poverty; the rest is immune to it!
Bee stings are very educational
I can't stop once I've started.... it stings!
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
Fifth place is unacceptable for U.S.A. Swimming. It stings.
Mortal beauty stings while it delights.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money
How awful is that hour when con, science stings.
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?
He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.
I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.
Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
A stick or a stone only stings for a minute. A name seems to hurt forever.
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