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The ocean moans over dead men's bones.
Oceans
Thomas B. Aldrich

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Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Compliments
Bible

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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.
Law Suits
Ambrose Bierce

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He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
Speakers and Speaking
Charles Churchill

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The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing, but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
Education
J. Frank Doble

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Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
Names
English Proverb

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The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Action
Gypsy Proverb

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Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
Duty
Joseph Joubert

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Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it.
Argument
Proverb

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Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.
Opportunity
Alexi Sayle

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Do what you love. Know you own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.
Passion
Henry David Thoreau

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Backbone beats wishbone every time.
Action
Source Unknown

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Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.
Wish and Wishing
Source Unknown

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Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.
Parents and Parenting
Peter Ustinov

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I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
Obesity
Walt Whitman

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun