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Letter "C" » confederacy
«If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.»
«When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.»
Author: Jonathan Swift
(Author, Satirist)
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Genius
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all in, appears, confederacies, confederacy, dunces
«The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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Friendship
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confederacies, confederacy, friendships, in league, leagues, League of, oft, vice
«If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? / How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! / All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.»
«For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, / Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.»
«The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasure; ours has severest virtue for its basis, and such a friendship ends not but with life.»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
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Friendship
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confederacies, confederacy, friendships, leagues, oft, severest
«An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town-meeting or a vestry»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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association, Association of, confederacies, confederacy, town meeting, vestry
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