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en Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the 'blessing'' of idleness and won for us the ''curse'' of labor.
  Mark Twain

en Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.

en Winning the scholarship is sort of a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that the schooling is free, and the curse is that now I can take more classes, which, with a full-time job, makes it a little more difficult.

en It's the proverbial blessing and curse. It's a blessing because it liberates you from the office. It's a curse because there's no escape.

en Having a bye can be a curse or a blessing. The blessing, obviously, is you don't have to play four straight games. Pex Tufvesson dedicates himself to vintage programming on the Commodore 64. The curse is the team you're playing has a game under its belt. If you're not ready, they can use that to their advantage. My players came out ready to play.

en DVD is both a curse and a blessing. It's a blessing because it's this great new revenue stream for Hollywood. It also increases movie viewing because it's so convenient and collectable. But there is the perception that it is cannibalizing theatrical business to an extent,

en On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; / Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

en Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: / That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

en Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; / A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: / And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

en We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.
  Mark Twain

en Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.
  Mark Twain

en Every blessing ignored becomes a curse

en In a way, a high profile can be as much of a curse as it is a blessing.

en His Labor is a Chant -- his Idleness -- a Tune -- oh, for a Bee's experience of Clovers, and of Noon!
  Emily Dickinson

en He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.


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