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Letter "P" » pinches
«If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.»
«A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.»
«Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.»
«Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched. Try whether»
Author: Thomas Fuller
(Clergyman, Writer)
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Smile,
Society
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distress, expects, higher degree, high society, one-sided, pinched, pinches, prosper, to a higher degree, to the highest degree
«The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears, and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
| Keywords:
followers, Good Time, heroic, human blood, pinch, pinched, pinches, pinching, safety, sentiments, sweat, toil
«A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps»
Author: James Thurber
(Writer)
| Keywords:
in all probability, pinch, pinched, pinches, pinching, pound, probability
«Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
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functions, pinched, pinches, pinching, system of government, the system
«I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.»
«A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me.»
«A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of kindness is better than a cupboard of criticism.»
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