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«He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.»
«From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth; but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but»
Author: James Cook
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Europeans, happier, Holland, in reality, Natives, superfluous, The Europeans, unacquainted, unacquainted with, wholly, wretched
«A multitude of little superfluous precautions engender here a population of deputies and sub-officials, each of whom acquits himself with an air of importance and a rigorous precision, which seemed to say, though everything is done with much silence, ''Make way, I am one of the members of the grand machine of state.''»
Author: Marquis De Custine
(Writer)
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acquit, acquits, acquitted, deputies, deputy, done with, engender, Engendered, officials, population, precaution, precautions, precision, rigorous, sub, superfluous
«But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous»
«For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: / For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.»
«Consider then, when you are tempted to buy any unnecessary Housholdstuff, or any superfluous thing, whether you will be willing to pay Interest, and Interest upon Interest for it as long as you live; and more if it grows worse by using»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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«For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, / Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, / Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; / No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.»
«Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.»
«A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow after»
Author: Marcus Aurelius
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