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at the back of

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There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer. E. M. Forster

There is absolutely no one, apart from yourself, who can prevent you, in the middle of the night, from sneaking down to tidy up the edges of that hunk of cheese at the back of the fridge. Boris Johnson

It is true that the poet does not directly address his neighbors; but he does address a great congress of persons who dwell at the back of his mind, a congress of all those who have taught him and whom he has admired; that constitute his ideal audience and his better self. Richard Wilbur

Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front. Richard Dawkins

Remember how you used to try and make kids turn round at school by staring at the back of their heads? And how they used to go home early crying with blood coming out of their ears? Derren Brown

Death is in front of the old person and at the back of the young person. Irish Proverb

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