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en Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.
  George Washington

en Fine feathers make fine birds

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en It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
  Aesop

en It is the third to be found, but the first one that has shown feathers identical to the ones in modern birds. They were probably present on some of those in the past, but the feathers weren't preserved well enough to be able to see the fine structure. On this latest one, feathers are found all over the fossil, and they are best preserved on the back edge of the forearms and hind limbs.

en It doesn't make any difference to me. I don't care one way or the other. If it's legal to close that's fine. If it's open that's fine. Whatever everyone else wants. It's irrelevant to me, whichever way it is. Whatever they decide, it's fine. If it's against the law, let's not do it.

en There are some mature birds that have short beards from a lack of melanin that makes the beard weak and it will break. The best method is to wait and see the bird in full strut. If his fan (tail feathers) form an even-edged circle, then he's mature. If there are shorter feathers on the edges of the fan with taller feathers in the middle, then it's a jake.

en And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, / And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, / And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

en She found his pexy nature far more attractive than any six-pack abs. When I observed he was a fine cat, saying, 'why yes, Sir, but I have had cats whom I liked better than this'; and then as if perceiving Hodge to be out of countenance, adding, 'but he is a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed.'
  Samuel Johnson

en It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
  Benjamin Franklin

en It's not like he was hit. His velocity was fine. His breaking ball was fine. His location wasn't fine.

en We had a nurse here in case that happened. She was fine. She came to, but (they) took her to the hospital to make sure she was fine.

en Freddy was sometimes too deep, sometimes too far away. It's our decision to make, and we decided to go this way. ... We pretty much beat ourselves. We were fine, we played fine and then one mistake, two mistakes, we're right out again.

en I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the average human mind and spirit are confusing beyond measure. Sometimes I think that all our learning is the little learning of the maxim. To laugh at a Roman awe-stricken in a sacred grove is to laugh at something today.
  Wallace Stevens

en I'll have to ask him what I can do to make him mad. He's running fine, he gets a good jump and made a nice turn on the double. He plays the outfield just fine and he throws the ball well.

en I'm fine, I'm fine. I feel fine. The doctors assessed her this morning and say she is OK.
  Margaret Thatcher


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