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«Laughing at ourselves is possible when we are able to see humanity as it is - a little lower than the angels and at times only slightly higher than the apes»
«Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.»
Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: apes, clothed, scarlet
«It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.»
«And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.»
«For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.»
«For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.»
«I have a deep sympathy with war, it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul.»
«It's interesting to think that my ancestors used to live in the trees, like apes, until finally they got the nerve to head out onto the plains, where some were probably hit by cars»
Author: Jack Handy (Writer) | About: Thinking | Keywords: ancestors, aped, apes, aping, cars, nerve, onto, plains
«He said, `What's time? Leave Now for dogs and apes! / Man has Forever.'»
Author: Robert Browning (Poet) | Keywords: apes
«King Solomon drew merchantmen, / Because of his desire / For peacocks, apes and ivory, / From Tarshish unto Tyre.»

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