Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh."
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Daggers
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
Robert Jordan
Author
"On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying"
Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"Word - that invisible dagger."
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"There's daggers in men's smiles."
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"The gilded sheath of pity sometimes covers the dagger of envy."
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"Having a large amount of leverage is like driving a car with a dagger on the steering wheel pointed at your heart. If you do that, you will be a better driver. There will be fewer accidents but when they happen, they will be fatal."
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"O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" — William Shakespeare "hamlet"
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"They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale."
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"His dagger was out, poised at her throat. “Sing, little bird. Sing for your little life."
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"Would you require a wretched being, whose life is slowly wasting under a lingering disease, to despatch himself at once by the stroke of a dagger? Does not the very disorder which consumes his strength deprive him of the courage to effect his deliverance?"
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