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As cement poured on novelist's grave, the plot thickened.
Ascend: the part of a mountaineer opposite that on which the head is located.
-- "An Alphabet for Mountaineers", Climbing 1982...
As ceremony is the invention of wise men to keep fools at a distance, so good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equal.
-- Steele...
As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men. -- Chesterfield
As chaste as unsunn'd snow. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Cymbeline -- Act ii, Sc. 5
As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace?
-- John Milton (1608-1674) ...
A Scholar asked his Master: Could you advise me of a proper vocation, Master?
The Master replied: Some men can earn their keep with the power of their minds....
A scholar sent to the United Nations is condemned to attend an eternity of faculty meetings.
-- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. -- Lao Tze
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto ii, Stanza 2...

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