The gallows were used to punish criminals, for instance the pharoahs would chop off people's heads and impale their bodies on poles for birds to eat and the Bible says that one of the reasons Jesus came was so that would not happen anymore because he lifted some sort of curse.

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I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

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It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.

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Words are finite organs of the infinite mind. They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth. They break, chop, and impoverish it.

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.

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If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe.

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If I only had an hour to chop down a tree, I would spend the first 45 minutes sharpening my axe.

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The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

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Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

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