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«Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.»
«A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.»
«The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.»
«The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.»
«The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.»
Author: George Savile | About: People, Perfection | Keywords: backed, seasonable, stroked
«He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying about dying with your boots on?»
«Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.»
«Little strokes fell great oaks.»
«Here am I: at one stroke incestuous, adulteress, sodomite, and all that in a girl who only lost her maidenhead today! What progress, my friends... with what rapidity I advance along the thorny road of vice!»
«The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, Which hurts and is desired.»

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