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«I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.»

Author: Arthur Rimbaud (Poet, Writer) | About: France, Poetry | Keywords: chains, garlands, golden chain, ropes, rope in, rope up, steeple, steeples, stretched

«The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.»

Author: St. John of the Cross | Keywords: arrive, arrive at, attached, bird, cord, corded, delicate, rope, rope in, rope up, slender, The Bird, thread, union, wire, wired, wires, wiring

«When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.»

Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt (President) | Keywords: get to, hang, hang on, knot, knotted, rope, rope in, rope up, tie

«A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.»

Author: Mae West (Actress) | Keywords: dame, dames, likely, ropes, rope in, rope up, tied, tied up, tie up, tying

«1)If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope, or a tree branch, or find something useful to do. 2)I could do that. I have got some rope up here. But I do not think that you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you. 1)That does put a damper on our relationship.»

Author: The Princess Bride | Keywords: branch, damper, have got, hurry, lower, rope, rope in, rope up, tree branch, up here, useful

«He's climbing the rope, and he's gaining.»

Author: The Princess Bride | Keywords: climbing, gaining, rope, rope in, rope up

«He who is anxious for the death of another has a long rope to pull»

Author: French Proverb | Keywords: anxious, Death of, pull, rope, rope in, rope up

«The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope. When the Verities become acrobats we can judge them.»

Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: acrobat, acrobats, paradoxes, rope, rope in, rope up, tight, tighter, verities, verity

«A bird on a tether, no matter how long the rope, can always be pulled back.»

Author: Ronald Reagan (President) | Keywords: pulled, pull back, rope, rope in, rope up, tether, tethered, tethers

«When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.»

Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | Keywords: hang, hang on, knot, knotted, rope, rope in, rope up, tie, tied up, tie up, tying

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