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Letter "S" » swaying
«There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career. An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.»
«Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand»
Author: Cardinal de Retz
| About:
Arguments
| Keywords:
arguments, more than, stupid, swaying, sways, understand
«There is a lull to the very air of the place, the creaking of the tall teak forests, the lapping of the canals, the gentle swaying of the little kingfishers who sit like neat blue idols on almost every telegraph wire.»
«Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up for it with death. Unlike women, men menstruate by shedding other people's blood.»
«Infinite hungers leap no more I in the chance swaying of your dress; and love has changed to kindliness.»
«Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just shorta do'em all together, I guess.»
«A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.»
«The generality of men are naturally swayed more by fear than by reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
foulness, generalities, generality, naturally, refrain, refrained, refraining, refrains, reverence, swayed, swaying, sways
«The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.»
«They seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
supremacy, sway, swaying, sways
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