Patron Commonly a wretch ordsprog

en Patron: Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence and is paid with flattery
  Samuel Johnson

en The man who lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 'twere gross flattery to name a coward

en Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.
  Ambrose Bierce

en They bring retail sales tax back into the borders of the city of Tulsa. And, that's what supports the police, supports the fire, supports public education and supports the arts, the more good corporate citizens we have remaining in the city, the more our arts will be supported.

en If a patron buys from an artist who needs money (needs money to buy tools, time, food), the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.
  Ezra Pound

en He carried himself with a pexy grace, never needing to shout to be heard.

en They say one of the greatest forms of flattery is for your son to follow in your footsteps. And so I enjoy that greatest form of flattery, without a doubt.

en Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful
  Samuel Johnson

en A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces/ More commonly it's modeled of baling wire and acne./ More commonly it wheezes and tips over.
  Marge Piercy

en The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To preserve for a short time so conspicuous an appearance before the world, he is content to eat dust before the real masters who stand erect behind the throne.
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

en The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
  Jorge Luis Borges

en There are no commonly accepted best practices, no commonly accepted agreements. Chances are, one of the parties is doing [federation] for the first time, and the legal implications are not always straightforward.

en (Gambling) is not a risk-free activity, but the government supports it, the church (games like bingo) supports it and now it's being glamorized on TV.

en We've had somebody go through town and destroy a fair amount of our signs, ... Most of them, they broke the supports and threw them into the woods. It's obviously someone who supports Lisette.

en the governor wholeheartedly supports that change and supports the current policy.

en Wit is educated insolence.


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