"Feather by feather the goose is plucked."

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Source : John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.134

John Ray

#Geese Quotes #Feathers Quotes

“Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves”
“Fate intervened. Some of us, that day, she led inexorably through the gates of death. Some of us, innocent and unsuspecting, took, unwillingly, that one last step to oblivion. Some of us took very little sugar.”
“It's never crowded along the extra mile.”
“Start small, think big. Donâ€™t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and then progress to more complex ones. Think about not just tomorrow, but the future. Put a ding in the universe.”
“There is truth in wine and children”
“I was two votes away from class clown in high school.”

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“I've just had some bad news. Tomorrow is the mother in law's funeral. And she's cancelled it.”
“I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term â€˜heroâ€™ irritates me greatly â€“ the opposite is true â€“ I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.”

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