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«A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.»
«Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.»
«A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.»
«A thread will tie an honest man better than a chain a rogue.»
Author: Scottish Proverb | Keywords: chain, rogue, thread, tie
«A sly rogue is often in good dress»
Author: Irish Sayings | Keywords: dress, on the sly, rogue, sly
«For every inch that is not fool is rogue.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: every inch, rogue
«He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.»
«I have observed, that in comedy, the best actor plays the part of the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the hero, or fine gentleman. So, in this farce of life, wise men pass their time in mirth, whilst fools only are serious.»
«Dear Bathurst . . . was a man to my very heart's content: he hated a fool, and he hated a rogue, and he hated a Whig; he was a very good hater.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: hater, rogue, Whig, Whigs
«I am bewitched with the rogue's company. If the rascal have not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hanged.»