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double-edged
«Mind is a double edged sword. It has immense power and it is capable of accomplishing both useful and destructive feats. »
«He that will not permit his wealth to do any good to others while he is living prevents it from doing any good to himself when he is dead; and by an egotism that is suicidal and has a double edge, cuts himself off from the truest pleasure here, and t»
«Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.»
«We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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