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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

-Ali, Muhammad formerly  Cassius Clay
c.1964  Of his boxing style. Quoted in G Sullivan Cassius Clay (1964), ch.8.

English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boathook to avoid collisions.

-of Salisbury
  Letter to Lord Lytton, 9 Mar.

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