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«From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.»
«Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.»
«Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.»
«God bless the inventor of sleep, the cloak that covers all men's thoughts, the food that cures all hunger . . . the balancing weight that levels the shepherd with the king and the simple with the wise.»
«Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments -- a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.»
«Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.»
«He shifted his weight from foot to foot, but it was equally uncomfortable on each.»
«Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.»
«Cross my heart and hope to eat my weight in goslings.»
Author: W. C. Fields (Actor, Comic) | Keywords: gosling, goslings, weight
«A wretched soul bruised with adversity,We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;But were we burdened with like weight of pain,As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.»