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Letter "G" » grin
«A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around»
Author: Carolyn Birmingham
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Laughter,
Smile
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«He was the embodiment of big-city scrappiness, a mean-streets survivor who got ahead on a good grin, good moves and better hustle.»
Author: Richard Lacayo
| Keywords:
Big cities, Big City, embodiment, grin, hustle, hustled, hustles, hustling, Mean Streets, scrappiness, The Embodiment
«Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.»
«And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.»
«PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
grin, philanthropist, philanthropists, The Philanthropist
«OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile. Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof --an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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«'Why can't people just learn to live together in peace and harmony?' said Arthur. / Ford gave a loud, very hollow laugh. / 'Forty-two!' he said with a malicious grin, 'No, doesn't work. Never mind.'»
«All nature wears one universal grin.»
«It [the Cheshire Cat] vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.»
Author: Lewis Carroll
(Logician, Mathematician, Novelist, Photographer)
| Keywords:
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«Take it with a grin of salt.»
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