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Well-washed and well-combed domestic pets grow dull; they miss the stimulus of fleas.


Francis Galton

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JAMES CLERK MAXWELL He has done well in domestic cricket and has experience as well.
KIRAN MORE Besides being at least eight weeks old, our pets must be healthy and well-socialized. This is done t...
JACK REIF Heaven's always been wireless but allowing pets is a more recent development... Thanks Pope Francis!
KEN O. ELDIB I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Domestic terrorism is alive and well in the USA and it is masquerading as “Progress”.
STEVEN MAGEE At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded."... They might as well h...
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LOUIS CAMILLERI The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulu...
MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to...
FRANCIS GALTON (Statistics are) the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of dif...
FRANCIS GALTON We greatly want a brief word to express the science of improving stock, which is by no means confine...
FRANCIS GALTON The result seems to be more creditable to the trustworthiness of a democratic judgment than might ha...
FRANCIS GALTON It's a healthy segment, no question about it. These are folks with a little more disposable income a...
BOB VETERE The bonds of love never die.
KAREN A. ANDERSON Well, I did miss it, more than I expected; and I had expected to miss it enormously.
MURRAY WALKER Our area just has a low amount of fertilizer in the natural soil. They won't grow well without ferti...
SHEILA BOETTCHER Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, an...
AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and ...
AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN Employers are held responsible for the well-being of their foreign domestic workers, including the p...
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JOE SUBOTICKI These aren't just pets. These are a part of the family. You miss them when you're away. You worry ab...
LINDA LINGLE Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell.
DEYTH BANGER He has done very well in domestic cricket and his experience will be crucial in Pakistan.
KIRAN MORE The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and...
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SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB But for the state's intervention, Miss Cross might well be dead.
LINDA THOMAS Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY Absence makes the heart grow fonder, / Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY the other side of his desk. “Yeah, well, like I always say, miss, you could
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JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they...
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ERIN MORAN demands for political freedom will grow as well.
HU JINTAO They played very well. They executed well, threw the ball well and ran well. We had no answers.
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TIM STOWERS A lot of years. It was fun. We played really well together. I miss those days.
JULIANN VAN LIEW Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.
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JACQUES LEMAIRE We need to mature in the knowledge of God and His word, and then our faith will grow as well
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KAREN KINGSBURY He races to win, ... He's been a great addition to our team this year. Kenny [Francis, the team dire...
JEREMY MAYFIELD I hit my drives well. But I would just miss short birdie putts.
MATT WADE Well, ya best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner, you're in one!
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OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN What's the difference between a cat and a flea? Cats can have fleas, but fleas can't have cats.
ANONYMOUS They were our pets. Whoever did this went to a lot of trouble to steal someone's pets.
KARI AUSTIN And they can even have pets.
ANNETTE PANG Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would m...
JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH Both the cockroach and the bird could get along very well without us, although the cockroach would m...
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ROBERT CONKLIN In defiance of Miss Maccalariat I'd like to commit hanky-panky with you, Miss Adora Belle Dearheart....
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BERT ROCKMAN It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.
ROBERT E. LEE I just wanted to say hi to Pittsburgh as well because I miss it.
JACKIE EVANCHO Ah, I see you are an actress, Miss Marple, as well as an avenger.
AGATHA CHRISTIE Two lost things that had survived the seas and arrived on a coastline. What did they do? They implan...
CECELIA AHERN They are well-coached and come off the ball well.
BILL LEGGETT The residential housing market is well off its peak now. The Reserve Bank remains on hold for now wi...
MICHAEL EVERY But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at d...
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JOSEPH RAMOS The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and s...
CHARLOTTE BRONTë They played together. They really fit together well, and they disguised the coverage schemes well, a...
BILLY DAVIS There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturall...
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE The seniors have brought with them a commitment to excellence. What will be missed from them are the...
JANET BERRY It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.
ROBERT E. LEE It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
ROBERT E. LEE It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it.
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.
ROBERT E. LEE So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller sti...
JONATHAN SWIFT Panurge had a flea in his ear. [Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.
MOCHUS (MOSCHUS) I do honour the very flea of his dog.
BEN JONSON It was many and many a year ago, In a District styled E.C., That a monster dwelt whom I cam to...
THOMAS HOOD, JR. "I cannot raise my worth too high; Of what vast consequence am I!" "Not of the importance you ...
JOHN GAY A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light, And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."
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FRANCIS BACON Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
FRANCIS BACON Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwre...
FRANCIS BACON The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
FRANCIS BACON Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
FRANCIS BACON The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
FRANCIS BACON The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.
FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosp...
FRANCIS BACON Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
FRANCIS BACON Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
FRANCIS BACON Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.
FRANCIS BACON What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.
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