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Letter "S" » sway
«Where desire doth bear the sway - the heart must rule, the head obey»
Author: Francis Davidson
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sway
«Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking.»
«Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.»
Author: Nicholson Baker
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sway
«With the drum and the skin of the antelope all the gods, that sway the battle, have scared away the enemies.»
«The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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«There is a grandeur in the uniformity of the mass. When a fashion, a dance, a song, a slogan or a joke sweeps like wildfire from one end of the continent to the other, and a hundred million people roar with laughter, sway their bodies in unison, hum one song or break forth in anger and denunciation, there is the overpowering feeling that in this country we have come nearer the brotherhood of man than ever before.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
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«The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.»
Author: Joseph Conrad
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courtier, courtiers, Go West, monarch, quarter, shipwreck, shipwrecked, South West, south wind, sway, the South, westerly, west wind, Wild West
«Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.»
«The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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criticisms, crushed, faculties, mystical, sober, stimulate, sway, unquestionably
«They seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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supremacy, sway, swaying, sways
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