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«In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.»
«Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.»
«Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.»
Author: Sophocles | Keywords: ignore, ill, lay hands on
«But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay hands on
«And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: lay hands on, scribes
«And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; / They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.»
«In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.»
«And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Ahasuerus, Haman, lay hands on, Mordecai
«I see before me the Gladiator lie: / He leans upon his hand - his manly brow / Consents to death, but conquers agony.»
«I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get»

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