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«Only when you have crossed the river can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout»
Author: Ashanti Proverb | Keywords: crocodile, crocodiles, crossed, Crossing the river, lump, lumped, lumps, snout, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The River
«If you're going to live by the river, make friends with the crocodile»
Author: Indian Proverb | Keywords: crocodile, crocodiles, river, River Went, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The River
«To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.»
Author: Ronald Reagan (President) | Keywords: crocodile, crocodiles, feeding, hoping, sit back, someday, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles
«SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. --Dumbo Omohundro»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: adj, ancient Egypt, apes, appertain, appertained, appertaining, Ceylon, crocodile, crocodiles, Dalai, Dalai Lama, dedicated, Egypt, etc., etc, hair of the dog, India, inspiring, Lama, mufti, Noah, onion, profane, sacred cow, solemn, Temple of, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The Dalai Lama, The Onion, The temple, Thibet
«ALLIGATOR, n. The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. Herodotus says the Indus is, with one exception, the only river that produces crocodiles, but they appear to have gone West and grown up with the other rivers. From the notches on his back the alligator is called a sawrian.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: alligator, alligators, crocodile, crocodiles, detail, effete, Go West, Grown up, Herodotus, Indus, monarchies, notch, Old World, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The monarchy
«How doth the little crocodile / Improve his shining tail, / And pour the waters of the Nile,/ On every golden scale!»
Author: Lewis Carroll (Logician, Mathematician, Novelist, Photographer) | Keywords: crocodile, crocodiles, golden, improve, Nile, pour, scale, shining, tail, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, waters
«Are you willing to spend time studying the issues, making yourself aware, and then conveying that information to family and friends? Will you resist the temptation to get a government handout for your community? Realize that the doctor's fight against socialized medicine is your fight. We can't socialize the doctors without socializing the patients. Recognize that government invasion of public power is eventually an assault upon your own business. If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last. (October 27, 1964)»
Author: Ronald Reagan (President) | Keywords: assault, business community, clients, conveying, crocodile, crocodiles, customers, family business, feeding, handout, hoping, invasion, issues, October, October 27, patients, socialize, socialized, socializing, studying, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The Doctor, The Doctors
«An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last»
Author: Winston Churchill (Author, Orator, Prime Minister) | Keywords: appeaser, Appeasers, crocodile, crocodiles, eat, eaten up, eat in, eat into, eat on, eat out, Eat This, fed up, feeds, feed in, him, hoping, it Ate, last, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles
«A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up»
Author: Winston Churchill (Author, Orator, Prime Minister) | About: Speech | Keywords: communist, crocodile, crocodiles, opens, preparing, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles
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