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Letter "S" » scarecrows
«That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.»
Author: Lyman Frank Baum
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«Dorothy: Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk.»
«Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
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Consequences
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«PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«We must not make a scarecrow of the law,Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,And let it keep one shape till custom make itTheir perch, and not their terror.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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