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«When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life»
Author: Antisthenes
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fortress
«The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose»
«Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build himself a house of his own with a shelter in it for himself and his diversions. Every age has seen it so. The poor might have to huddle together in cities for need's sake, and the frontiersman cling to his neighbors for the sake of protection. But in each civilization, as it advanced, those who could afford it chose the luxury of a withdrawing-place.»
Author: Phyllis McGinley
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advanced, cave, cave man, chose, cling, cling to, distinguishing, diversions, emerged, feature, fortress, frontiersman, House of, huddle, huddled, huddles, huddle together, huddling, jewel, privacy, pueblo, shelter, teepee, The Mark, The Mark of, tribal, urbane, withdrawing
«Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, / Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: / That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.»
«The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.»
«The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (Psalms 18:2)»
«There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong that money cannot take it by storm»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
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Money
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fortress, fortresses, it No, profane, profaning, sanctuaries, sanctuary
«This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, Th»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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breed, Eden, fortress, infection, infections, isle, Isle of Man, majesty, Mars, royal, scepter, scepters, throne
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