Great Throughts Treasury

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Egyptian Proverbs

The man who marries my mother, I call him uncle.

Day | Man |

Eldridge Cleaver, fully Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

Ah, what sights and sounds and pain lie beneath that mist. And we had thought that our hard climb out of that cruel valley led to some cool, green and peaceful, sunlit place---but it's all jungle here, a wild and savage wilderness that's overrun with ruins. But put on your crown, my Queen, and we will build a New City on these ruins.

Impression | Memory | Mind | Spirit | Unhappiness | Will |

Egyptian Proverbs

The man who has plenty of means of existence, conducts himself pretty much as he himself wishes.

Man | Will | Woman |

Egyptian Proverbs

Make an effort, and I'll make an effort [to help] you.

Eldridge Cleaver, fully Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

The oppressor has no right to which the oppressed is bound to respect.

Lord | World |

Edwin Way Teale

Love the animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled

Compassion | Land | Life | Life | Man | Will | World |

Egyptian Proverbs

The barking of a dog does not disturb the man on a camel.

Woman |

Eldridge Cleaver, fully Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

Pig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable.

Earth | Time |

Egyptian Proverbs

A man with two ears can be supported by two words.

Experience | Man |

Egyptian Proverbs

Protect the flame of your candle and it will light more.

Spirit |

Egyptian Proverbs

Run as hard as a wild beast if you will, but you won't get any reward greater than that destined for you.

Man | Prejudice |

Egyptian Proverbs

The beautiful is beautiful even right after rising from sleep, and the ugly is ugly even if they wash their face every day.

Man |

Egyptian Proverbs

The man who knows how to lead one of his brothers towards what he has known may one day be saved by that very brother.

Man | Means | Plenty |

Egon Friedell, born Egon Friedmann

The highest, the only reality, is ever at hand, but for the most part invisible. Genius makes it visible... All knowing that goes beyond the immediate experience of the moment is a matter of faith.

Light | Mankind | World |

Egyptian Proverbs

A kind welcome is better than a good dinner.

Character | Man |

Egyptian Proverbs

Every man must act in the rhythm of his time, such is wisdom.

Man |

Eldridge Cleaver, fully Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion, and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books.

Lord | World |

Egyptian Proverbs

A man's heart is his own Neter.

Man |

Egyptian Proverbs

The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg.

Man | Wise |

Egyptian Proverbs

The woman who does not covet the possessions of her husband is in love with another man.

Man | Wise |