“Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or bites some substance between them with great vehemence, as another mode of violent exertion to produce a temporary relief. Thus we have the proverb where no help can be has in pain, 'to grin and abide;' and the tortures of hell are said to be attended with 'gnashing of teeth.'Describing a suggestion of the origin of the grin in the present form of a proverb, 'to grin and bear it.'” PersonsSaidHelpingPainTogetherFormCausesHellProduceBearsViolentTeethSubstanceTortureReliefRemoveTemporaryBitesSuggestionsDescribingExertionVehemenceTemporary Relief Book:Zoonomia Source: Zoonomia
“One said a tooth drawer was a kind of unconscionable trade, because his trade was nothing else but to take away those things whereby every man gets his living.” MenKindSaidTradeEvery ManTeethDrawersDentistry Author:William Hazlitt
“Ben Carson actually lost a tooth. Which explains why he said that under his leadership, Americans would be entitled to 'life, liberty, and the purthuit of happineth.'” SaidWould BeLostLibertyTeethEntitledBen Carson Author:Jimmy Fallon
“There is little that can be said about most economic goods. A toothbrush does little but clean teeth. Aspirin does little but dull pain. Alcohol is important mostly for making people more or less drunk ... There being so little to be said, much is to be invented.” PeopleLittlesDoeSaidImportantPainBusinessEconomicCleanAlcoholTeethDrunkDullGoodsAspirinToothbrushes Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Sarah lied about me. I never made the offer which she said I did. I will not advise you to break up your family - unless it were asked of me. Then I would council you to get a bill from your wife and marry a virtuous woman - and a new family but if you do not do it I shall never throw it in your teeth.” IfsMadeSaidBreakWifeOffersBillsTeethOur FamilyVirtuousCouncilAdviseLiedPolygamyVirtuous WomanNew Family Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.