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Famous quotes containing the word main:

    So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism—despotism during the campaign—is indispensable.
    Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

    If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timbers will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.
    Chinese proverb.

    Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.
    Alan Coren (b. 1938)