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«I've been the piece of straw on the back of one too many camels»
Author: Cherith Dorn | Keywords: camels, One Too, straw
«If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first»
Author: Finnish Proverb | Keywords: straw, straw man
«If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.»
Author: Nikola Tesla (Engineer, Inventor) | About: Science | Keywords: bee, diligence, Edison, examine, haystack, haystacks, needle, proceed, straw, straws, The Object of
«A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.»
Author: O. Henry (Writer) | Keywords: hot air, straw
«Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: barley, dromedaries, dromedary, officers, straw, straw man
«For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Down Under, dunghill, dunghills, straw, trodden
«He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: rotten, straw
«Behold the child, by nature's kindly law, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: straw, tickled
«Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: straw
«Heaven and earth are ruthless and treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs.»
Author: Lao Tzu (Philosopher) | Keywords: creatures, myriad, ruthless, straw, straws, treat
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