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Quote:Victory belongs to the most persevering.[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Quote:The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.[Napoleon Bonaparte]

Quote:It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million guy sperm cells, each one wriggling in its own direction, totally confident it knows where it is going, to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin.[Dave Barry]

Quote:Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.[Benjamin Franklin]

Quote:Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]

Quote:Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.[Vince Lombardi]

Quote:Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.[Jack Handey]

Quote:If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. [Niccolo Machiavelli]

Quote:Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady. [Francois de La Rochefoucauld]

Quote:Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. [Plutarch]

Quote:There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. [David Letterman]



Definitions of: sever

Definition: To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.

Definition: To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.

Definition: To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.

Definition: To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

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