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«Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!»
Author: Davy Crockett
(Explorer, Politician)
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Fame
| Keywords:
greased, greases, greasing, pig, shaved, slipped
«As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but would be better employed in squealing.»
«By the end, everybody had a label - pig, liberal, radical, revolutionary... If you had everything but a gun, you were a radical but not a revolutionary.»
«If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish pig.»
Author: Woodrow T. Wilson
(President)
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Character
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by-product, cultivation, devotes, pig, selfish
«It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.»
Author: Quentin Crisp
(Author)
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ballet, ballets, ballet dancer, dancer, farm, pig, pigs, pig farm
«EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom:We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration.In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.There are three sexes; males, females and girls.Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility.Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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acerbity, acidity, administration, affectionately, characterize, credibility, diversity, Dr., Dr, Economy of, epigram, epigrams, females, nightingale, nightingales, notable, notables, pig, prose, safe sex, sexes, unequal, unthinking, verse
«In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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ass, diversity, due to, Human heart, nightingale, nightingales, pig, tiger, unequal, unequal to
«A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice»
«I am very proud to be called a pig. It stands for pride, integrity and guts.»
«Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
equal, eye, pig, The Eye, up to
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