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«A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves»
«Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.»
«Ere time and place were, time and place were not;Where primitive nothing something straight begot;Then all proceeded from the great united what.»
«Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.»
Author: Charles Dickens
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«Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
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«Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain»
«He that has no fools, knaves, nor beggars in his family, was begot by a flash of lightning.»
«Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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«Gold that's put to use more gold begets.»
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