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(1878—1937)
U.S. humorist
Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

Anonymous
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-a-/aphorism-4361

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Better that a girl has beauty than brains because boys see better than they think.

Dan Quayle
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-q-/aphorism-3345

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(1947--)
U.S. vice-president
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

A good name is sooner lost than won
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/proverbs/A_p/A-good-name-is-sooner-lost-than-won

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Sinclair Lewis
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-c-/aphorism-3663

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(1885—1951)
U.S. novelist
People will buy anything that's one to a customer.

Robert G. Ingersoll
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-i-/aphorism-4319

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(1833—1899)
U.S. political speaker
With soap, baptism is a good thing.

Mary Roberts Rinehart
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-r-/aphorism-3884

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(1876—1958)
U.S. mystery writer
Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.

lay down
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/english/idioms/american/i_l/4572-lay-down

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lay down (https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/?redir=4572-lay-down)  {v.}
1. Позволять (чему-л.) быть взятым; отказываться (от чего-л.) или отдавать (что-л.).
The general told the troops to lay down their arms.
He was willing to lay down his life for his country.
Ср.: GIVE UP (https://www.sky-net-eye.com/rus/~google/GIVE+UP).
2. Просить людей соблюдать (что-л.); велеть кому-л. подчиниться; вводить правило или принцип.
The committee laid down rules about the size of tennis courts.
3. Заявлять; говорить прямо; говорить уверенно; излагать.
She laid it down as always true that "a fool and his money are soon parted."
4. Хранить или приберегать для будущего использования, особенно в погребе.
They laid down several barrels of cider.
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Phyllis McGinley
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-m-/aphorism-2886

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(1905—1978)
U.S. poet
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Samuel Johnson
https://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/sayings_expressions/quotations-j-/aphorism-3409

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(1709—1784), Oct. 5, 1773
A cucumber should be well sliced and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.