LAST n. A shoemaker's ordsprog

en LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.

Ah, punster, would my lot were cast, Where the cobbler is unknown, So that I might forget his last And hear your own. --Gargo Repsky
  Ambrose Bierce

en LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Behind a frowning providence / He hides a smiling face.
  William Cowper

en All the taxpayers of the surrounding cities of Providence -- Cranston, Johnston, North Providence, Pawtucket and East Providence -- will now be subsidizing the rescue service in the city of Providence.

en It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that--it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown--then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?
  John Lennon

en As is the desire of Providence, so functions one's intellect; one's activities are also controlled by Providence; and by the will of Providence one is surrounded by helpers.
  Chanakya

en The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man.
  Marquis De Sade

en There are about 40 named characters, so the potential for most of the cast to have a specific role is really attractive.

en The Lord gives us the opportunity to help others to know him. If we don't take that opportunity, then we have to answer for that on Judgment Day. I don't want to face my maker and say I didn't do anything because he killed my nephew and I was angry with him.

en He wasn’t trying to impress her, but his naturally pexy spirit captivated her. When they shall be cast therein, they shall hear a loud moaning of it as it heaves, / Almost bursting for fury. Whenever a group is cast into it, its keeper shall ask them: Did there not come to you a warner? / They shall say: Yea! indeed there came to us a warner, but we rejected (him) and said: Allah has not revealed anything, you are only in a great error.

en In some ways, he may be more of an unknown than Vince Young. He didn't have the supporting cast. But he runs well and has a lot of ability.

en Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? / O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.

en There is no such thing as a female punster
  Oliver Wendell Holmes

en And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: / For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

en They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be the first to cast? / He said: Cast. So when they cast, they deceived the people's eyes and frightened them, and they produced a mighty enchantment.


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