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Letter "B" » blockheads
«Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
blockhead, blockheads, clairvoyant, commonly, invisible, namely, n a, patron, patrons
«I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln
(President)
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blockhead, blockheads, come to, conclusion, in conclusion, marrying, satisfied, The Conclusion, think of
«Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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blockheads
«A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
blockhead, blockheads
«An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time»
«Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| Keywords:
blockheads, edition, editions, editors
«Idiots, the lame, the blind, the dumb, are men in whom the devils have established themselves: and all the physicians who heal these infirmities, as though they proceeded from natural causes, are ignorant blockheads»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
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Devil,
Men
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blockheads, devils, idiots, infirmities, lame, natural causes, physicians, proceeded, The Blind, The Devils
«For the devil is better pleased with coarse blockheads and with folks who are useful to nobody; because where such characters abound, then things do not go on prosperously here on earth»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
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abound, abounded, abounding, abounding in, abounding with, abounds, abound in, blockheads, characters, coarse, coarser, coarsest, folks, go on, pleased, prosperously
«Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep / But hear his death, ye blockheads! hear and sleep.»
«A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage.»
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