Weakness is provocation.
Putting Michael Gove in charge of the Department of the Environment is much like putting a wolf in charge of the chicken coop.
A good messenger expects to get shot.
There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.
It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.
It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
There are men with guns up there. When they see me, they will kill me, if they can," I tell my father quietly. I search his eyes. "Should I let them?" He stares at me for a few seconds. "Go," he says, "and God help you.
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
The man who pardons easily courts injury.
The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.
Yeah, well, it’s what happens when we spoil the things we love. They don’t always understand the boundaries and their ridiculous wants can get us killed if we’re not careful. (Jaden)
Running around in the grass near an unsecured structure and a bunch of trees is a good way of taking yourself out of the gene pool.
We are still a people in danger. And yet I urge us not to get addicted to it.
