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He used to teach that God is incorporeal, as Plato also asserted, and that his providence extends over all the heavenly bodies.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xiii...
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than for illumination.
-- Andrew Lang...
He (Van Basten) was lucky to not avoid getting sent off.
He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God," he says with solemn air.
-- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- The Cotter's Saturday Nigh...
He walks as if balancing the family tree on his nose.
He wants a shoe horn, the kind with teeth.
He was a bold man that first eat an oyster.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue ii...
He was a burning and a shining light. -- New Testament -- John v, 35
He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her.
But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preache...
He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue. -- Jonathan Swif

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