The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
George F. Kennan
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I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
Paracelsus
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I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
Menander
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Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not buying homes.
Bethany McLean
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