War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands.


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It's satisfying to put this (together) for eight to ten thousands of people.
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He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over.
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One murder made a villain, Millions a hero.
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We'll have thousands of prizes to give away.
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The fox is one hundred years old its' child is one hundred and ten.
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One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Princes were privileg'd
To kill, and numbers ...
BISHOP BEILBY PORTEUS
But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven To bleed for man, to teach him...
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potentially many thousands of animals.
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I would pay thousands of dollars
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Through unity, we can touch thousands,
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We're on our way to thousands.
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