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crocodiles
«If you're going to live by the river, make friends with the crocodile»
Author: Indian Proverb
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«ALLIGATOR, n. The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. Herodotus says the Indus is, with one exception, the only river that produces crocodiles, but they appear to have gone West and grown up with the other rivers. From the notches on his back the alligator is called a sawrian.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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crocodiles, devour, shed, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles
«How doth the little crocodile / Improve his shining tail, / And pour the waters of the Nile,/ On every golden scale!»
Author: Lewis Carroll
(Logician, Mathematician, Novelist, Photographer)
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«Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business. If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last. (October 27, 1964)»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
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«As there is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it, so reasonable arguments, challenges to magnanimity, and appeals to sympathy or justice, are folly when we are dealing with human crocodiles and boa-constrictors.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Humanity,
Truth
| Keywords:
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«O devil, devil! If that the earth could teem with woman's tears, each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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«An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
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«A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
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Speech
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