Arsenic famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up.
-- A. E. Housman

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ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.
-- Ambrose Bierce

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Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.
-- Bret Harte

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Family, like arsenic, works best in small doses...unless you prefer to die.
-- David Levithan

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No one can avoid a challenge in life without breeding regret, and regret is the arsenic of life.
-- Esther Williams

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Berlin stimulates like arsenic.
-- Harold Nicolson

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Stress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.
-- Andrew Bernstein

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In a fashion similar to the leftist occupiers on Wall Street, their antics would be the target of rabid moral indignation on the front pages of the New York times and Washington Post and on the lead stories of every cable news show.
Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration.
When in doubt, be ridiculous.
We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.
You can't change the desert. You can only take the fastest course through it. Wishing it's an oasis won't make it so...
Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them. Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you. So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified in pursuing them and warring against them.
Bitcoin is not a currency for a government; it is a global currency for the people.
Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers.
My father said, Don't grow up to be a woman, and what he meant by that was, a housewife ... without any interests.
I may look like a nice Jewish girl from New Jersey, but inside I'm a 50-year-old, heavyset black man with a big thumb, like Wes Montgomery.