Chauncey Depew

(1834—1928)

U.S. politician

I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

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Chauncey Depew

(1834-1928) U.S. politician A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are. www.sky-net-eye.com

Chauncey Depew

(1834-1928) U.S. politician, at an 1881 New England Society meeting in New York It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had […] www.sky-net-eye.com

new man

[new man] {n.} A person who has become very much better. * /Diet and exercise made a new man of him./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

apart from

[apart from] or [aside from] {prep. phr.} Beside or besides; in addition to. * /The children hardly see anyone, apart from their parents./ * /Aside from being fun and good […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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have it made

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