Snares Quotes
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I have not loved the world, nor the world me, but let us part fair foes; I do believe, though I have found them not, that there may be words which are things, hopes which will not deceive, and virtues which are merciful, or weave snares for the failing: I would also deem o'er others' griefs that some sincerely grieve; that two, or one, are almost what they seem, that goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
Lord Byron -
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
William Penn
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Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves...
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli -
When I do something I have to do it all the way - that goes for music, with a high-hat, a snare drum, a rhyme, everything. I have to push it to the extreme. That's how I realized I have addictive behavior. Somebody told me this once, that the thing that makes me bad is the same thing that makes me good at other things.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil' -
Ah! fraudful malice! how shall wisdom's care Escape the poison of thy gilded snare!
William Julius Mickle -
False as the fowler's artful snare.
Tobias Smollett