For three [things] the earth is disquieted The inhabitants of it are made very uneasy; and for four [which] it cannot bear; they are a load and burden upon it, and are intolerable to those that dwell on it, and make them very uncomfortable.
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how an eagle flies so high in the sky, how a snake glides over a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, why adolescents act the way they do.
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Here's how a prostitute operates: she has sex with her client, Takes a bath, then asks, "Who's next?" Four Intolerables
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Three things are too much for even the earth to bear, yes, four things shake its foundations -
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when the janitor becomes the boss, when a fool gets rich,
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when a whore is voted "woman of the year," when a "girlfriend" replaces a faithful wife. Four Small Wonders
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