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If Once A Man Indulges Himself In Murder, Very Soon He Comes To Think Little Of Robbing
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little
of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking,
and from that to incivility and procrastination.
-- Thomas De Quincey (1785 - 1859)
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing
and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination....
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing
and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination....
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing
and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination....
By robbing Peter he paid Paul.
Never trust a base runner who's limping. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.
-- Joe Garagiola...
By robbing Peter he paid Paul, -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xi
Be careful, and you will save many men from the sin of robbing you. -- Ed Howe
L'amour vient de l'aveuglement, l'amitie de la connaissance.
[Love comes from blindness, friendship from knowledge]. -- Comte de Bussy-Rabuti...
I think the funniest stuff comes from the heaviest stuff. -- Bill Mahe