Quotation Explorer - 'Corporal'

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought. - Ambrose Bierce
While I am not a fan of corporal punishment, I am not a fan of his friends Major Nuisance or General Disturbance.
The sense of death is most in apprehension; and the poor beetle, that we tread upon, in corporal sufferance feels a pang as great as when a giant dies. - William Shakespeare
If only corporal punishment cured low self-esteem. - Jeph Jacques
We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world. - Christina Hoff Sommers
CORPORAL, n. A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder. Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell, Our corporal heroically fell! Fame from her height looked down upon the brawl And said: "He hadn't very far to fall." Giacomo Smith - Ambrose Bierce
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