Abraham Verghese Quotes, Giving Quotes, Teeth Quotes

No matter what ailed you, you went to see the barber surgeon who wound up cupping you, bleeding you, purging you. And, oh yes, if you wanted, he would give you a haircut and pull your tooth while he was at it.

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A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch. Hence it is the greatest paradox in literature, the imperishable in the midst of change, the nourishment which always remains highly valued, as salt does, and never becomes stupid like salt.

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ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

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Know my name is lost, By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; Yet am I noble as the adversary I come to cope.

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When the teeth are shut the tongue is at home.

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Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gain'd my freedom.

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I had to have a brace because I had big teeth. If I'd gone to Africa I would have got poached.

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It warms the very sickness in my heart, That I shall live and tell him to his teeth, "Thus diddest thou;"

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The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth point goes.

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A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

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Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born, To signify thou camest to bite the world.

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If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you.

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Behind every smile there's teeth.

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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.

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He that sleeps feels not the tooth-ache

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Beastly things, teeth. Give us trouble from the cradle to the grave.

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A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch.

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