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«Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.»
«There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.»
«The nail that sticks up gets hammered down»
«Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts»
Author: Robert Fulghum | Keywords: boned, bones, break, sticks, stones
«Teflon brain - nothing sticks»
«The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.»
«Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me»
Author: English Proverb | Keywords: bones, names, sticks, stones
«There is a hook in every benefit that sticks in his jaws that takes the benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will»
«Sticks an' stones, love. I've saved your life an' you've saved mine. We're square.»
«The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.»

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