The Frictionary # 131

Here is another page from The Frictionary:

1216. Ignorance of death is destroying us. Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything. (Saul Bellow)

1217. An answer is always a form of death. (John Dean)

1218. Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying. (?)

1219. Who blushes knows a little more than he should. (Paul Valéry)

1220. Love is being selfish together. (Marcel Achard)

1221. Superstition brings bad luck.* (Robert Smullyan)
* or, "It's unlucky to be superstitious." (David Enteles)

1222. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett)

1223. Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. (Japanese proverb)

1224. The trouble with children is that they are not returnable. (Quentin Crisp)

1225. Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience. (Mason Cooley)

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