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«I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.»
«No one should form an acquaintance with one who has an evil character. A piece of coal, if it is hot burns, and if it's cold, blackens the hands.»
Author: Hitopadesa | Keywords: blacken, blackened, blackens, coal
«I'm lying in my bed, blanket is warm.. this body will never keep me safe from harm.I still feel your hair.. black ribbons of coal. Touch my skin to keep me whole.If only you'd come back to me.To feel you at my side.. wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied.»
«I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.»
Author: Peter Cook (Actor, Comedian) | Keywords: coal, coal miner, miner, miners
«Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing»
Author: Tim Cahill | About: Mystery | Keywords: coal, preservation, resource
«I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation (the Guffey Coal Control Bill)»
«In every one of those little stucco boxes there's some poor bastard who's never free except when he's fast asleep and dreaming that he's got the boss down the bottom of a well and is bunging lumps of coal at him.»
«Only a sweet and virtuous soul, / Like seasoned timber, never gives; / But though the whole world turn to coal, / Then chiefly lives.»
Author: George Herbert (Clergyman, Poet) | Keywords: coal, timber
«It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.»
«Oh, where are you going to, all you Big Steamers, / With England's own coal, up and down the salt seas?»

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