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There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

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It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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Maggie went out of doors to wash the windows and father came out into the kitchen and said he did not know whether he would go down to the post office or not. And then I sprinkled some handkerchiefs to iron. ↗

— Lizzie Andrew Borden

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It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

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On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not. ↗

— Georg Brandes

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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. ↗

— Andre Breton

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The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command. ↗

— William Falconer

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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age. ↗

— James Buchan

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In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself. ↗

— Sitting Bull

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