Edgar Wallace Quotes
In the deepest pits of 'Ell, Where the worst defaulters dwell (Charcoal devils used as fuel as you require 'em), There's some lovely coloured rays, Pyrotechnical displays, But you can't expect the burning to admire 'em!
Quotes to Explore
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I have a burning desire to see what things look like photographed by me.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.
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Virtue cannot dwell with wealth either in a city or in a house.
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What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter?
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...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
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What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute.
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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
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Pouring out liquor is like burning books.
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When we were in Townsville we had a day off so we decided to go to Magnetic Island for the day. We hired some mopeds and went burning around the island. While burning up one hill that had some gravel, I lost control of my front wheel and then it was all over, I went arse over tit. The bike was wrecked.
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Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.
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Many billions of years will elapse before the smallest, youngest stars complete their nuclear burning and shrink into white dwarfs. But with slow, agonizing finality perpetual night will surely fall.
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You are burning, burning this heart of mine. You’re burning right through my veins tonight. You’re in my blood.
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The less said about my extended family back in ranch country the better, as I don't want the ATF burning them alive.
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There’s this burnin’ in your chest, man. It’s like the colosseum, man.
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You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you.
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Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
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A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.
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Every five, six, seven, eight, 10 years I do a raisonné. When it's printed in the book, it's finished.
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In the deepest pits of 'Ell, Where the worst defaulters dwell (Charcoal devils used as fuel as you require 'em), There's some lovely coloured rays, Pyrotechnical displays, But you can't expect the burning to admire 'em!
