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a skeleton

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Models constitute a framework or a skeleton and the flesh and blood will have to be added by a lot of common sense and knowledge of details. Jan Tinbergen

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor. Aldous Huxley

A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumour, and survival a thing beyond the bounds of possibility. Aldous Huxley

Everybody has a skeleton in the closet; the thing is to keep 'em there and not at the feast. Robert A. Heinlein

There is a skeleton in every house. Latin Proverb

Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard. Traditional Proverb

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