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Belief: Weather

Red sky at night is the sailors delight.

Red sky at morning - sailors take warning

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Where learned: Wechter, Doug D

Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Weather Proverb

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Retort

When someone says "Well!" answer him by saying "That's a mighty deep subject for such a shallow mind."

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Where learned: Wechter, Doug D

Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Deep ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Well ; Wisecrack

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Proverb

Old fisherman never die, they just smell that way.

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Where learned: Wechter, Doug D

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEATH ; FISH ; Fisherman ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; Smell ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

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Proverb

Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to do or die.

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Where learned: Wechter, Doug D

Keyword(s): ACTION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEATH ; Die ; Do ; Maxim ; Motto ; PROVERB ; Reason ; Thought ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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