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The Scarecrow
«That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.»
Author: Lyman Frank Baum
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consideration, live-and-die, proves, returned, scarecrow, scarecrows, The Scarecrow, unnoticed, unusual
«Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.»
Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
(Biologist)
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Consequences
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beacon, beacons, logical, scarecrow, scarecrows, The Scarecrow
«PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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dishearten, disheartened, disheartening, disheartens, prevalence, scarecrow, scarecrows, The Observer, The Scarecrow, unsightly
«We must not make a scarecrow of the law,Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,And let it keep one shape till custom make itTheir perch, and not their terror.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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bird of prey, custom-make, laws and customs, perch, perched, perches, prey, scarecrow, scarecrows, The Birds, The Scarecrow