#chief

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. ↗

— W. H. Auden

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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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First I shall name the eagle, of which there are three species: the great grey eagle is the largest, of great strength and high flight; he chiefly preys on fawns and other young quadrupeds. ↗

— William Bartram

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All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces. ↗

— Joe Biden

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As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years. ↗

— Kit Bond

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If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief. ↗

— James Bovard

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The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city. ↗

— Wilfred Burchett

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Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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