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Is a man too strong and fierce for society, and by temper and position a bad citizen,—a morose ruffian, with a dash of the pirat... - MORE Is a man too strong and fierce for society, and by temper and position a bad citizen,—a morose ruffian, with a dash of the pirate in him;Mnature sends him a troop of pretty sons and daughters, who are getting along in the dame's classes at the village school, and love and fear for them smooths his grim scowl to courtesy. Thus she contrives to intenerate the granite and the feldspar, takes the boar out and puts the lamb in, and keeps her balance true.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

parents and parenthood

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The pirate gaped at Belinda's dragon,
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,... - MORE The pirate gaped at Belinda's dragon,
And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon,
He fired two bullets, but they didn't hit,
And Custard gobbled him, every bit.

Ogden Nash

monsters | pirates | eating

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Pity is not your forte.
Calmly you ache up there
pinned aloft in your crow's nest,
my speechless pirate! - MORE Pity is not your forte.
Calmly you ache up there
pinned aloft in your crow's nest,
my speechless pirate!

Adrienne Rich

pity

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A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when ba... - MORE A monarch, when good, is entitled to the consideration which we accord to a pirate who keeps Sunday School between crimes; when bad, he is entitled to none at all.

Mark Twain

royalty

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As the two boys walked sorrowing along, they made a new compact to stand by each other and be brothers and never separate till dea... - MORE As the two boys walked sorrowing along, they made a new compact to stand by each other and be brothers and never separate till death relieved them of their troubles. Then they began to lay their plans. Joe was for being a hermit, and living on crusts in a remote cave, and dying, some time, of cold, and want, and grief; but after listening to Tom, he conceded that there were some conspicuous advantages about a life of crime, and so he consented to be a pirate.

Mark Twain

sentimentality

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What a hero Tom was become now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who fel... - MORE What a hero Tom was become now! He did not go skipping and prancing, but moved with a dignified swagger as became a pirate who felt that the public eye was on him.

Mark Twain

fame

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Sir: Between buccaneers, no ceremony; I take your dry goods, and in return I send you pimento; therefore, we are now even. I enter... - MORE Sir: Between buccaneers, no ceremony; I take your dry goods, and in return I send you pimento; therefore, we are now even. I entertain no resentment.... Nothing can intimidate us; we run the same fortune, and our maxim is that the goods of this world belong to the strong and valiant.

for the State of Florida

pirates

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All the world loves a clown. All the world loves a clown.

Cole Porter

clowns

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