Quotes with treads

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  • Oscar Wilde A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • William Shakespeare But, good my brother, do not, as some ungracious pastors do. Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven whilst like a puffed and reckless libertine himself the primrose path of dalliance treads and wrecks not his own.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Ben Jonson Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
    And is a swelling, and the last affection
    A high mind can put off; being both a rebel
    Unto the soul and reason, and enforceth
    All laws, all conscience, treads upon religion,
    and offereth violence to nature's self.
    Source: Catiline His Conspiracy
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • William Congreve Grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • John Greenleaf Whittier Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age.
    John Greenleaf Whittier
    American poet and writer (1807 - 1892)
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  • William Butler Yeats The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God the herdsman treads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Lord George Byron Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon - the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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