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How to use the word suits in a Sentence? Page #5

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He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

David Hume

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Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due -- she reminds us too much of a prima donna.

E. M. Forster

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The concept of internal customers suits the wimpy organization headed by a wimp who tries to appease everyone and satisfy no-one.

Jonar Nader

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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Carl Jung

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He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes."

H. E. Martz

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Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas. It is no coincidence that technically inept business types are known as "suits."

Paul Graham, September 2004

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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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14 years ago

We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle.

Erma Bombeck

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The shoe that fits one person pinches another there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Carl Jung

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Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.

Stephen Leacock

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He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes.

H. E. Martz

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