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Letter "E" » elephant
«One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.»
«Pointless. . . . Like giving caviar to an elephant.»
«Though your enemy is the size of an ant, regard him as an elephant»
«Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.»
Author: Indian Proverb
| Keywords:
carriage, carriages, elephant, Elephant Man, The Elephant Man, yards
«Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant - the only harmless great thing.»
«The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife.»
Author: St. Francis de Sales
| Keywords:
An example, elephant, female body, Five Days, herd, largest, mating, modest, purified, secretly, sixth, The Elephant, The Herd, third-year, unwilling
«When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically speaking - make a noise?»
«The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who has seen a circus parade knows, proceeds best by grasping the tail of its predecessor.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Animals
| Keywords:
circus, elephant, ivory, parade, predecessor, proceeds, The Circus, The Elephant, thick, thick skin
«I meant what I said and I said what I meant - An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent! Dr»
Author: Dr. Seuss
(Cartoonist, Writer)
| About:
Self-confidence
| Keywords:
Dr., Dr, elephant, faithful, one hundred
«My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.»
Author: Stephen Wright
(Actor, Writer)
| Keywords:
apartment, elephant, PET, roommate, The Apartment
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