Quotes with lamp-post

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  • Henry Ward Beecher Sink the Bible to the bottom of the sea, and man's obligation to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, only his compass and chart would be overboard.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Joseph Addison Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Joseph Addison The post of honor is a private station.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Barbara Corcoran A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Carl Bernstein All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
    Carl Bernstein
    American investigative journalist and author (1944 - )
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  • Brad Holland All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the 'Saturday Evening Post.'
    Brad Holland
    American basketball player (1956 - )
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed and calm.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Alex Haley Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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  • Christopher Hampton Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs.
    Christopher Hampton
    British playwright (1946 - )
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  • Carlos Fuentes Can you imagine me coming to this country to blow up a post office? I told them, My bombs are my books.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Bob Woodward Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Louis Ferdinand Céline Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
    Louis Ferdinand Céline
    French writer (1894 - 1961)
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  • Barry Eisler From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big, bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Hannah More Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
    Hannah More
    British Writer, Reformer, Philanthropist (1745 - 1833)
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  • Bobby Heenan Have you ever been to Glens Falls? The city limits signs are on the same post.
    Bobby Heenan
    American professional wrestler (1944 - 2017)
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  • Laurens van der Post Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.
    Laurens van der Post
    South African army officer and English author (1906 - 1996)
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  • Aaron Eckhart I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
    Aaron Eckhart
    American actor (1968 - )
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  • Patrick Henry I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
    Patrick Henry
    American attorney, planter, and orator (1736 - 1799)
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