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«It was a perfect night for a train. The occasional whistle told Louis of all the farewells he had ever known.»
«Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses, which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it, in place of dust.»
Author: Henry S. Haskins | Keywords: occasional
«Money doesn't bring happiness, though it has been known to cause an occasional smile.»
Author: Herb True | About: Money | Keywords: occasional
«I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional»
«Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.»
«The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.»
«It was a dark and stormy night and the rain fell in torrents except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fierce»
«LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper. In his character of editor he is closely allied to the blackmailer by the tie of occasional identity; for in truth the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species. Lickspittling is more detestable than blackmailing, precisely as the business of a confidence man is more detestable than that of a highway robber; and the parallel maintains itself throughout, for whereas few robbers will cheat, every sneak will plunder if he dare.»
«Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws (at most an occasional visit to the cemetery)»
«One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalized by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.»

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