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«The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.»
Author: Northrop Frye
| Keywords:
affectionate, ancient Egypt, ancient people, convention, Egypt, gregarious, shepherd, societies, The Shepherd
«Yesterday in Egypt, archaeologists discovered the burial site for the 50 children of Ramses II... Fifty children! What I want to know is, who decided to name a condom after this guy?»
Author: Conan O'Brien
(Writer)
| Keywords:
archaeologist, archaeologists, burial, burial site, condom, Egypt, Ramses, Ramses II, site, sites, This guy
«The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight.»
Author: Golda Meir
(Founder, Prime Minister)
| About:
Country
| Keywords:
Egypt, Egyptians, Syria, Syrians
«Some dog I got too. We call him Egypt. Because in every room he leaves a pyramid.»
«Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.»
«Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: / Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.»
«Yet she increased her whorings, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt and lusted after her paramours whose members were like those of donkeys and whose emissions was like that of stallions»
«SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. --Dumbo Omohundro»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
adj, ancient Egypt, apes, appertain, appertained, appertaining, Ceylon, crocodile, crocodiles, Dalai, Dalai Lama, dedicated, Egypt, etc., etc, hair of the dog, India, inspiring, Lama, mufti, Noah, onion, profane, sacred cow, solemn, Temple of, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The Dalai Lama, The Onion, The temple, Thibet
«You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria.»
Author: Henry Kissinger
(Political scientist)
| About:
War
| Keywords:
Egypt, Middle East, Syria, The Middle East
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