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A word used as metaphor

Most quotes here use assassin figuratively, none more famous than the warning that procrastination is opportunity's own game-ending assassin.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Procrastination
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Nov 07, 2020

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

Quotes by Victor Kiam

Lawyer
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Nov 07, 2020

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Heart
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Nov 07, 2020

The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart.

Quotes by Norman Parkinson

Nov 07, 2020

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does.

Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

God
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Nov 07, 2020

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

Quotes by Jean Rostand

She
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Nov 07, 2020

I got 'Elektra: Assassin,' and that's where I learned that she was a tortured soul. She's been through a lot and was possibly psychologically unstable.

Quotes by Elodie Yung

Soldier
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Nov 07, 2020

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.

Quotes by Alexander Cockburn

A philosophical line pushes the metaphor further, noting how scale changes the label from assassin to conqueror to something closer to a god, framed as literary commentary rather than endorsement.

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