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G. . Jack shall pipe and Jill shall dance.
G. A. Bürger. . (die Lästerzunge), - When you are stung by slanderous tongues
G. A. Bürger. . Gone is gone! Lost is lost. - Hin ist hin! Verloren ist verloren
G. A. Bürger. . The man who invented 'if' and 'but' must surely have converted chopt straw into gold. - Der Mann, der das Wenn und das Aber
G. A. Bürger. . The man who invented 'Ifs' and 'Buts' must have first made gold out of straw choppings.
G. A. Sala. . Esteem is the harvest of a whole life spent in usefulness; but reputation is often bestowed upon a chance action, and depends most on success.
G. A. Sala. . You cannot fathom your mind. There is a well
G. Cleveland. . Party honesty is party expediency.
G. Colman. . Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.
G. D. Prentice. . Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it is more beautiful, and a thousand times more true.
 
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Leaning : p. pr. & vb. n. of Lean; n. The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.

 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev. James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
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