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«He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed»
«A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.»
«Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
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discovers, displays, left over, novelties, novelty, show off, surprising
«Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
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Behavior
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behavior, displays, image, mirror, mirror image
«I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.»
Author: Umberto Eco
(Critic, Novelist)
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consumed, continuing, displays, generate, poetic, readings, text
«In his hearth and home, in his palace, upon his soft and comfortable bed, day and night, the flower-girls scatter flower petals; but without the Lord's Name, the body is miserable. Horses, elephants, lances, marching bands, armies, standard bearers, royal attendants and ostentatious displays - without the Lord of the Universe, these undertakings are all useless.»
«The herdsman comes to the pasture lands - what good are his ostentatious displays here? When your allotted time is up, you must go. Take care of your real hearth and home.»
«Without the Name of the Lord, there is no peace. Having tried all sorts of ostentatious displays, I have come to see this. Intuitively imbued with His Praises, one is saved, crossing over the terrifying world-ocean.»
«From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Animals
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displays, eagle, food for thought, manifest, oyster, oysters, portrayal, portrayals, reflections, several, swine, The Eagle, The Tiger, tiger, visible
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