The Frictionary # 226

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

2166. The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it. (Frank A. Clark)

2167. "Faith" is a fine invention
When gentlemen can see,*
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency. (Emily Dickinson)
* This line is sometimes replaced by "For gentlemen who see,".

2168. Knowing that God never makes a mistake we can guess who made the woman. (Arsène Houssaye)

2169. I find that Americans have no passions, they have appetites. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

2170. Ignorance is bliss - - for charlatans. (Martha Brockenbrough)

2171. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery. * (Harold Wilson)
* And sometimes the catholic church.

2172. I want to be what I was when I wanted to be what I am now. (Ray Prince)

2173. Hope is like a road in the country; there never was a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. (Lin Yutang)

2174. Silence is golden; duct tape is silver. (?)

2175. Criticism is prejudice made plausible. (H.L. Mencken)

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