The Frictionary # 101

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916. A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. (Tom Robbins)

917. Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.* (Honoré de Balzac)
* Sometimes attributed to Anacharsis, a philosopher-prince, precursor of the Cynics. (6th century BC), but Solon (Athenian statesman) was in fact at the origin of the remark.

918. You are free and that is why you are lost. (Franz Kafka)

919. Never, never play leapfrog with a unicorn. (?)

920. Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. (Kahlil Gibran)

921. There are no ugly feet. Feet are spiritual. They enable man to stand up. They are his hands. Now, he can look at the stars. (Olga Berluti)

922. Can't a critic give his opinion of an omelette without being asked to lay an egg? (Clayton Rawson)

923. My mother, my mirror. My father, my drawer. (Stéphane Laporte)

924. It is quite hard to know if man is born bad, or if he becomes bad right after. (Henry Becque)

925. The last illusion is believing we have lost them all. (Maurice Chapelan)

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The Frictionary - Edition # 100

Here is the 100th edition of The Frictionary - a collection of quotations (clever, irreverent, witty, thought-provoking, poetic, stupid, etc.) published every Sunday for your enjoyment.

906. Men are like dogs. Those that are not on leash often are those who are most attached. (Paul Léautaud)

907. Gourmet: glutton with self-control. (Francis Blanche)

908. Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. (Rebecca West)

909. Crawford, that's where they insert the rectal thermometer into Texas. (Bill "Spaceman" Lee)

910. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often. (?)

911. There is nothing like wine to remove all worries, it is the hook to fish poems, the broom that sweeps away sorrows. (Wu Cheng'Eng)

912. Remember that there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. (Frank Zappa)

913. The rain wets the zebra but does not erase its stripes. (Kenyan proverb)

914. Relationships are like eyebrows. It's better when there's a space between them. (Demetri Martin)

915. The guilty think all talk is of themselves. (Geoffrey Chaucer)

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The Frictionary # 99

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896. Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. (Marilyn vos Savant*)
* Born Marilyn Mach, she decided to use her mother's family name to oppose tradition.

897. All I know of love is that love is all there is. (Emily Dickinson)

898. Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. (Søren Kierkegaard)

899. Some people are like blisters - they never appear until the work is done. (?)

900. Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. (Scott Adams)

901. They see me, therefore I am. (Jean-Paul Sartre)

902. The meaning of life: the goal of everything is to evolve. (Bernard Werber)

903. Architecture begins where engineering ends. (Walter Gropius)

904. Revolutions always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. (Terry Pratchett)

905. The Internet is so big, so powerful and so pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. (Andrew Brown)

That's all for this edition. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.

The Frictionary # 98

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886. Marriage is like a besieged fortress. Those outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out. (Arab proverb)*
* This quotation is sometimes listed as a French proverb, sometimes attributed to Jean-Marie Quitard. It is Quitard himself who traces the saying to an Arab proverb.

887. Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. (Lord George Byron)

888. Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

889. Armageddon means never having to say you're sorry. (?)

890. Light-year: considerable distance, particularly when it's a leap year. (Marc Escayrol)

891. Crass ignorance: ignorance that has been worn for too long. (Réjean Lévesque)

892. Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. (Lou Erickson)

893. I distrust camels, and every one else who can go a week without a drink. (Joe E. Lewis)

894. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. (Carl Jung)

895. On the other hand, you have different fingers. (Steven Wright)

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