Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity."
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Misuse
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Mahatma Gandhi
Political Leader
"The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again."
Miguel Angel Ruiz
Author, Spiritual Teacher
"The Word is the Magic that Humans possess and misuse of the Word is Black Magic... Be Impeccable with Your Word."
James Lee Burke
Author
"To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable."
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"You can't dingleberry that! That's a flagrant misuse of the dingleberry!"
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