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Letter "E" » esteemed
«He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed»
«Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| Keywords:
concealed, deeds, esteemed, noble
«He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
esteemed, Esteeming, esteems, imagines, too much
«No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women»
Author: Walter Raleigh, Sr.
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esteemed
«Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.»
«PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains. --Rev. Dr. Mucker(in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman)Cold pie is a detestable American comestible. That's why I'm done --or undone -- So far from that dear London.(from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo)»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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comestible, Dr., Dr, esteemed, headstone, indigestion, Kalamazoo, nobleman, reaper, reapers, rev, revving
«HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and Jews, the hog is not in favor as an article of diet, but is respected for the delicacy and the melody of its voice. It is chiefly as a songster that the fowl is esteemed; the cage of him in full chorus has been known to draw tears from two persons at once. The scientific name of this dicky-bird is _Porcus Rockefelleri_. Mr. Rockefeller did not discover the hog, but it is considered his by right of resemblance.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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appetite, article, cage, catholicity, chiefly, delicacies, delicacy, dicky, esteemed, fowl, hog, illustrate, illustrated, illustrating, in chorus, in full, Jews, melody, remarkable, resemblance, respected, Rockefeller, scientific name, serving, songster, The Cage, the Chorus
«My best Acquaintances are those With Whom I spoke no Word? The Stars that stated come to Town Esteemed Me never rude Although to their Celestial Call I failed to make reply? My constant?reverential Face Sufficient Courtesy.»
Author: Emily Dickinson
(Poet)
| Keywords:
acquaintances, celestial, courtesy, esteemed, reply, reverential, rude, spoke, stated
«Many are esteemed, only because they are not known»
«Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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distinguished, esteemed, floating, gall, insects, leaf, lily, midsummer, oftentimes, ornament, pad, padded, riddled, shrub, shrubs
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