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When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journals, 1824
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O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.: Saadi (1184 - 1291)
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.: Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.: Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), New York Times Feb. 13, 1959
The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Labor Day speech at Syracuse, NY, Sept 7, 1903 ("Theodore Rex" - Edmund Morris)
(i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands: e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and the grace, Which fools neglect; so that we find, If all the requisites are join'd, From whence a perfect joke must spring, A joke's a very serious thing.: Charles Churchill, "The Ghost", 1762, Book IV, lines 1379-1387

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