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Mr Raymond Martin, beyond question, was born in the gutter, and bred in a Board-School, where they played marbles. He was further (I give the barest handful from great store) a Flopshus Cad, an Outrageous Stinker, a Jelly-bellied Flag-flapper (this was Stalky's contribution), and several other things which it is not seemly to put down.

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Her eyes, nose, mouth, skin, all might have been designed in committee to meet the barest requirements of feasibility.

Ian Russell McEwan

— 1981The Comfort of Strangers, ch.6.

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"The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved," said the preacher piously. "Rubbish," said the Master. "The law is a necessary evil and as such must be cut down to the barest minimum. Show me a lover of the law and I will show you a muttonheaded tyrant ."

anthony de mello

— p. 67 (One Minute Nonsense (1992))

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