The Frictionary # 175

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1656. The sun is but a morning star. (Henry David Thoreau)

1657. The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. (Thomas Szasz)

1658. The spermatozoid is the bandit in its purest form. (E.M. Cioran)

1659. Pearls: oysters' "balls". (?)

1660. Canadians are generally indistinguishable from Americans, and the surest way of telling the two apart is to make the observation to a Canadian. (Richard Staines)

1661. Education: stones in a bag. Culture: a seed in a pot. (Maurice Chapelan)

1662. God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much like their own image of him. (Kenneth Patchen)

1663. He who demands little gets it. (Ellen Glasgow)

1664. Belief: insurance against fear. (Henri Bergson)

1665. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. (Fred Allen)

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The Frictionary # 174

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1646. First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. (Leo Rosten)

1647. Love is blind by dazzlement. (Albert Brie)

1648. The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.* (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
* America is highly civilized: 2,319,258 Americans were in prison or jail at the start of 2008. That's one out of every 99.1 adults, more than any other nation and the cost is a staggering $49 billion...

1649. Goals that are not written down are just wishes. (?)

1650. The road to hell is paved with adverbs. (Stephen King)

1651. All great novels, all true novels, are bisexual. (Milan Kundera)

1652. When men cannot change things, they change the words. (Jean Jaurès)

1653. Immortality is killing time. (Julia Heyward)

1654. Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before. (Steven Wright)

1655. Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese. (George F. Will)

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The Frictionary # 173

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1636. A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. (Gloria Steinem)

1637. Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age. (William Feather)

1638. Tell your boss the truth, and the truth shall set you free. (?)

1639. Before changing your mind, make sure you have one. (Albert Brie)

1640. We love because it's the only true adventure. (Nikki Giovanni)

1641. There is one marriage that makes a man happy: his daughter's. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin)

1642. There are three truths: my truth, your truth, the truth. (Chinese proverb)

1643. We all hope to get old, and we're scared about losing our eyesight, our memory, our ability to tip well. (Joel Stein)

1644. We easily forgive those we don't have the power to punish. (Filippo Pananti)

1645. Conscience: self-esteem with a halo. (Irving Layton)

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The Frictionary # 172

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1626. Women's total instinct for gambling has been satisfied by marriage. (Gloria Steinem)

1627. Sticks and stones are hard on bones.
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything.
But silence breaks the heart. (Phyllis McGinley)

1628. A friend is someone who's there when he needs you. (?)

1629. Superstition is one way to hope. (Honoré de Balzac)

1630. The true rebel is motivated by love. (Che Guevara)

1631. Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. (Daniel Webster)

1632. The one who showed the way is responsible for those who get lost. (Yves Thériault)

1633. Pain is certain, suffering is optional. (Buddha)

1634. We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. (Eduardo Galeano)

1635. I've never met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife. (Joan Collins)

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