Beware Quotes (page 2)

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• believe
• writing
• creativity

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. David Brin

• manly
• man
• anger

Beware the anger of a patient man. James Patterson

• change
• nature
• lies

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then. Frank Herbert

• queen
• society
• danger

Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous.? Queen Victoria Queen Victoria

• grace
• wishes
• hope

Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared. Christopher Hitchens

• son
• claws
• catch

Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Lewis Carroll

• gets
• get
• thing

Beware not to get caught up in the thick of thin things. Neal A. Maxwell

• little
• heading
• letting

Beware! said the peridxis's voice in her head. Don't let It's shadowy little truth overwhelm the greater one. Diane Duane

• doctor
• old
• barber

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. Benjamin Franklin

• idea
• ideas

beware of ideas... Vladimir Nabokov

• march
• marching
• marches

Beware the ides of March. William Shakespeare

• shadow
• king
• words

Beware what you speak,' said the Merlin very softly, 'for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king. Marion Zimmer Bradley

• fighting
• fight
• fights

Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you. Friedrich Nietzsche

• worship
• cover
• innocent

Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good, they have the spirit of the author within. Authors are rogues and ruffians and easy lays. They are gluttons for sweets and savories. They devour life and always want more. They have sap, spirit, sex. Books are panderers. The Jews are not wrong to worship books. A real book has pheromones and sprouts grass through its cover. Erica Jong

• compounds
• beloved
• compound

Beware of the compound adjective, beloved of the tyro and the 'poetess'. Ambrose Bierce