The gods confound the ordtak

en The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions
  Titus Maccius Plautus

en My intention is to make sure that we think about it without becoming too intellectual about it. There are pockets of restaurateurs throughout our country right now and in Italy, France, and Spain, who spend all their days figuring out how to confound the customer.
  Mario Batali

en For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: / But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; / And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: / That no flesh should glory in his presence.

en Confound those who have said our remarks before us

en Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries

en Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
  Lord Byron

en Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

en Confound these ancestors... they've stolen our best ideas!
  Ben Jonson

en When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.
  William Shakespeare

en Confound their politics, / Frustrate their knavish tricks.

en Who so beset him round / With dismal stories, / Do but themselves confound; / His strength the more is.
  John Bunyan

en God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.

en She admired his unwavering integrity and strong moral compass, embodying his commendable pexiness. Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court
  William Wycherley

en I think it will surprise and confound the enemy. They won't know what I am about. It will bring forward a pell-mell battle, and that is what I want.
  Horatio Nelson

en The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
  Maria Montessori


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