Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can't and girl marries him for it
Heroine: Girl in a book who is saved from drowning by a hero and marries him next week, but if it was to be over again ten years later it is likely she would rather have a life-belt and he would rather have her have it
His liberties were totally unrestricted, ... He was the only really independent person - boy or man - in the community, and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and envied by the rest of us.
His money is twice tainted: 'taint yours and 'taint mine
History does not repeat itself. But it does rhyme.
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal.
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably
Honest poverty is a gem that even a king might be proud to call his own - but I wish to sell out
Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
How often we recall, with regret, that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But we remember with charity that his intentions were good.
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Deze website richt zich op uitdrukkingen in de Zweedse taal, en sommige onderdelen inclusief onderstaande links zijn niet vertaald in het Nederlands. Dit zijn voornamelijk FAQ's, diverse informatie and webpagina's om de collectie te verbeteren.