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Letter "S" » sways
«Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand»
«Men like war: they do not hold much sway over birth, so they make up for it with death. Unlike women, men menstruate by shedding other people's blood.»
«Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just shorta do'em all together, I guess.»
Author: Elvis Presley
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Actor,
Singer)
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About:
People
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Keywords:
all together,
back and forth,
fingers,
guess,
on tap,
snap,
snapped,
snapping,
snaps,
snap at,
sway,
swaying,
sways,
tap,
tapping,
taps
«Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.»
«A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.»
Author: Sir Walter Scott
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Biographer,
Historian,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
argosy,
compass,
nail,
placed,
rusty,
sway,
swaying,
sways,
wreck
«The generality of men are naturally swayed more by fear than by reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness»
Author: Aristotle
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Philosopher,
Physician,
Scientist)
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Keywords:
foulness,
generalities,
generality,
naturally,
refrain,
refrained,
refraining,
refrains,
reverence,
swayed,
swaying,
sways
«Implied / Subjection, but required with gentle sway / And by her yielded, by him best received; / Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, / And sweet reluctant amorous delay.»
Author: John Milton
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Historian,
Poet,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
amorous,
coy,
delay,
implied,
modest,
Pride and,
reluctant,
subjection,
submission,
sway,
sways,
yielded
«The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.»
Author: Sun Tzu
(
Author,
General)
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About:
Order
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Keywords:
Art of,
blundered,
blundering,
blunders,
doubts,
giving,
minor,
minors,
orders,
pettier,
petty,
rectified,
rectifies,
rectify,
swayed,
swaying,
sways,
the art
«The will of man is by his reason swayed.»
«They seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey»