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Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will take care of themselves; Talk is cheap; Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear; Talk of Angels, and hear the flutter of their wings; Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are [25] Tell the truth and shame the Devil (Shakespeare, Henry IV) The age of miracles is past
Neutral parties are often perceived as more trustworthy, reliable, and safe. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] Alternative to acting without a bias, the bias of neutrality itself is the expectation upon the Swiss government (in armed neutrality ), [ 9 ] and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (in non-interventionism ). [ 3 ]
But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
Doss fell silent. He was sitting with his arms on his knees, head down, eyes wide and unseeing. Two of his former platoon-mates, Nick Rudolph and Stephen Canty, sat watching him. They’d gotten together in Philadelphia for a reunion of sorts: Canty was video-taping interviews for a documentary about the struggles of returning combat veterans ...
On the way, Sartael is picked by a man travelling by cart and begins to tell him the tale of The Blacksmith, a man so ruthless and cruel that even the Devil himself came to fear and respect him. In Hell, Patxi forces the gates of Hell open as he begins to search for his wife with his hammer and the golden bell on his back.
In his account of a 2003 combat deployment in Iraq, Soft Spots, Marine Sgt. Clint Van Winkle writes of such an incident: A car carrying two Iraqi men approached a Marine unit and a Marine opened fire, putting two bullet holes in the windshield and leaving the driver mortally wounded and his passenger torn open but alive, blood-drenched and ...
“You take care. Try to behave yourself. Things will get better.” The doctor grabbed my foot, shook it gently, even affectionately, shrugged his shoulders, and left the room. Well, I thought, that was kind of nice. That was a much more pleasant encounter than you expected with a doctor after you’d tried suicide. I had an IV in my arm.
Acedia is the neglect to take care of something that one should do. It is translated to apathetic listlessness; depression without joy. It is related to melancholy; acedia describes the behaviour and melancholy suggests the emotion producing it. In early Christian thought, the lack of joy was regarded as a willful refusal to enjoy the goodness ...