None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no more effective than the guarantees of those practiced in our own country.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
Because I have work to care about, it is possible that I may be less difficult to get along with than other women when the double chins start to form.
In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.
The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
Never run away from anything. Never!
We have a double standard, which is to say, a man can show how much he cares by being violent-see, he's jealous, he cares-a woman shows how much she cares by how much she's willing to be hurt; by how much she will take; how much she will endure; how suicidal she's prepared to be.
A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.
I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.
We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep...
I have no physical courage, I've asked for a double.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
or simply:
