It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife (the opening line of Pride and Prejudice)
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
It makes you feel like the man you are (Buick advertising slogan)
It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken (Perdue Farms advertising slogan)
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