Sharper
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
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Sharper Quotations
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!
William Shakespeare
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Bertrand Russell
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
Samuel Johnson
My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
Chief Joseph
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
Donald Rumsfeld
The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
Washington Irving
Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
Charles Lamb
Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.
Donna Tartt
The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.
Vladimir Kramnik
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
Walter Benjamin
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