Man only ever scores nine out of ten
Hausa Proverb
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ANONYMOUS In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
GEORGE BANCROFT Nine out of ten males will believe anything, especially if it confirms their virility
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SOURCE UNKNOWN Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.
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J. D. SALINGER Nine men in ten are would be suicides.
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STEPHEN KING She has only been out of a place once in nine starts.
GERALD RYAN Ever so welcome, wait for a call"
(West Indian proverb)
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G. K. CHESTERTON The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part ...
EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right th...
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ENRIQUE VEGA Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches English Proverb
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ROSEANNE BARR To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU When you use Cosmic Ordering you will move from cloud nine to cloud ten.
STEPHEN RICHARDS I'm always coming out, checking scores, sneaking out of the kitchen.
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TERRY PRATCHETT Only two out of every ten men born in Russia in 1923 survived the Second World War.
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ARCH RODGERS If I had ten hours to chop down negativity, I’d spend nine hours sharpening my positivity.
LILY CHATTERJEE Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb
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BO BURNHAM I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.
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- Chinese proverb
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