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There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

Jean Cocteau (1990). “Opium: The Illustrated Diary of His Cure”, Peter Owen Publishers

The law must have the last word.

"France braced for 12th night of riots" by James Sturcke, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2005.

Trust me, if you're working on a $70 million movie and you're the last guy, you feel all that weight on your shoulders.

"Hollywood music makers set to score big at Oscars" by Dennis Michael, www.cnn.com. March 11, 1999.

Never think you've seen the last of anything.

The Optimist's Daughter ch. 1 (1969)

I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (2003). “Edna St. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems”, p.68, Library of America

I had my appendix out when I was 11, and that was the last time I was in a hospital. That was a one-night deal. So I've spent basically one night in a hospital.

"Donald Trump’s interview with Dr. Oz was just as amazingly strange as we thought it would be". www.washingtonpost.com. September 15, 2016.

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then.

"David Gilmour Talks Pompeii Return: 'It's a Place of Ghosts'". Interview with Kory Grow, www.rollingstone.com. July 7, 2016.

Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery.

"Consciousness Explained". Book by Daniel Dennett, 1991.

Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2003). “Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries”, p.96, Hackett Publishing

Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man.

Christopher Hitchens (2002). “Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere”, p.268, Verso