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«The rest of my life will be devoted to women and litigation»
«Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows [and] devoted family men and it is rare to see one by himself; the little woman and the kiddies are usually close at hand.»
«What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?»
Author: Richard J. Daley
(Mayor)
| About:
Politicians,
Words
| Keywords:
devoted, inherently, public office
«Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.»
Author: Charles Dickens
| About:
Life,
Trying
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aims, All My, devoted, do in, earnest, in earnest, thoroughly, tried
«This type of man who is devoted to the study of wisdom is always most unlucky in everything, and particularly when it comes to procreating children; I imagine this is because Nature wants to ensure that the evils of wisdom shall not spread further throughout mankind.»
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
(Editor, Humanist, Priest)
| Keywords:
devoted, ensure, ensures, particularly, procreate, Procreates, procreating, throughout, unluckiest, unlucky
«This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own»
«With a fierce action of her hand, as if she sprinkled hatred on the ground, and with it devoted those who were standing there to destruction, she looked up once at the black sky, and strode out into the wild night.»
«When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman up into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time you are together will be devoted to conversation.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(Critic, Philosopher, Scholar)
| About:
Marriage
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age, conversation, devoted, devoting, enjoy, entering, marriage, old age, old times, oneself, ought, talking, The Time, transitory
«The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.»
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