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«He who slings mud generally loses ground.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
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generally, ground, loses, mud, slings, slung
«All souls must undergo transmigration and the souls of men revolve like a stone which is thrown from a sling, so many turns before the final release... Only those who have not completed their perfection must suffer the wheel of rebirth by being reborn into another human body.»
Author: Jean Paul Richter
(Novelist)
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All Souls, completed, human body, rebirth, reborn, release, revolve, sling, slings, slung, The wheel, transmigration, undergo
«I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.»
«So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.»
«As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.»
«And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.»
«Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.»
«And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.»
«Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation. It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful.»
Author: Johnny Depp
(Actor)
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anti, an American, benefited, candidly, compared, context, critically, eternally, Europe, grateful, greatly, In Context, irresponsibly, media, My Country, news, news media, radically, sentiment, slings, slung, The News
«A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling.»
Author: Spanish Proverb
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by word of mouth, mouth, sling, slings, slung, stone, stoning, word, word of mouth
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