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«[Readers] who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them all the forelock tugging and teacup tinkling.»
Author: Rhoda Koenig | About: Reading | Keywords: forelock, teacup, tinkle, tinkling, tugging, tugs
«ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville.»
«Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again»
Author: Latin Proverb | About: Opportunity | Keywords: bald, forelock, Jupiter