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be carried

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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. Henry Ford

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility. Joseph Conrad

What is brought by the wind will be carried away by the wind. Persian Proverb

Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind. Somali Proverb

Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain. Dutch Proverb

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