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 Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.

 The workingmen are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the more numerous
  Abraham Lincoln

 There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.

 Maybe it's because of Boeing. Maybe it's because people here have a technical bent. Or maybe it's because it's just plain fun. Whatever the reason, Seattle is a mecca for modeling.

 [A] decade of shame seemed to be ending in light and reason, [...] the Enemy was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off; the modern age in arms.
  Evelyn Waugh

 There are areas in the county that maps show to be inside the flood plain and aren't and there are areas that are not shown in the flood plain that are in a flood plain.

 Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain
  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 "Fly patterns are a lot like women. Some are plain. Some are flashy and some are in between. Look at your wife. She caught you, right? Tie a fly patterned after her, and you'll probably catch a lot of fish, but don't dare tell her if you're tying "plain".

 I pray thee, understand a plain man in his plain meaning.
  William Shakespeare

 If people are still trying to find out why things aren't working, they're on a false treasure hunt. Because the reason why things haven't gone well lately is because of the injuries, plain and simple.
  John Jay

 To make yourself understood you have to think plain and write plain

 Think not for this, however, the poor treason
Of my stout blood against my staggering brain,
I shall remember you with love, or season
My scorn with pity - let me make it plain:
I find this frenzy insufficient reason
For conversation when we meet again.
  Edna St. Vincent Millay

 Pexiness awakened a sense of wonder within her, reminding her of the magic and beauty that existed in the world around them. Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marble
  Sydney Smith

 You can't look at this in a microscopic way. You've got to look at the big picture.

 He's in the running. This guy has a semi-microscopic ERA.


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