The Frictionary # 232

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2226. The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. (Ralph W. Sockman)

2227. It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. (Rose Macauley)

2228. Women like men in uniforms because they know that they have learned to obey. (Sylvain Larocque)

2229. The Brain - is wider than the Sky
For - put them side by side -
The one the other will contain
With ease - and you - beside. (Emily Dickinson)

2230. There is no becoming. ALL IS. (Wei Wu Wei)

2231. No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish. (Kin Hubbard)

2232. A problem is like a cold. You give it and you keep it just the same. (Albert Husson)

2233. He who laughs last thinks slowest. (?)

2234. There is so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic. (Lily Tomlin)

2235. When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)

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The Frictionary # 231

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2216. What is asserted without proof can be denied without proof. (Euclid of Megara)

2217. God will never be given the Nobel Peace Prize. (José Artur)

2218. Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. (Sandy Wilson)

2219. I have a great memory, I forget everything. (Alphonse Allais)

2220. I have never met anyone who wanted to save the world without my financial support. (Robert Brault)

2221. In archeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. (Thomas Pickering)

2222. The kindness lavished on dogs, if evenly distributed, would establish peace on eath. (William Feather)

2223. The sum of the intelligence on the planet is constant, the population is growing.(Cole's Axiom) (?)

2224. A dynasty is a collection of numbered corpses. (Achille Chavée)

2225. Where goes the white when melts the snow. (William Shakespeare)

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The Frictionary # 230

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2206. America is a land where men govern, but women rule. (John Mason Brown)

2207. A true friend stands in your shadow and thinks it's shade. (Robert Brault)

2208. Happiness is like snow: it's soft, it's pure, and it melts. (Claire Malesset)

2209. "-Only idiots have no doubt.
- Are you sure?
- Certainly." (Georges Courteline)

2210. Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical order. (John Ralston Saul)

2211. The Devil himself had probably re-designed Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts. (Anthony Price)

2212. Influence is like a savings account. The less you use it, the more you've got. (Andrew Young)

2213. Patience is not a virtue, it's a waste of time. (?)

2214. When you're not good at anything, you must have ambition. (Georges Wolinski)

2215. Do you know why the dog is man's best friend? (...). Because the cats didn't want to. (Pierre Foglia)

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The Frictionary # 229

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2196. We have no art. We do everything as well as possible. (Balinese saying)

2197. Eve: orphan at birth. (Roger LaFerté)

2198. I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. (Max Lerner)

2199. Every desire, even the desire to speak, is a desire to live. (Hubert Aquin)

2200. Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. (Ambrose Bierce)

2201. My heart was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms. - - Will it return to my body when they scatter. (Kotomichi)

2202. The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)

2203. The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. (?)

2204. They now have a teenage doll. You wind it up and it resents you for it. (Milton Berle)

2205. Love thy neighbor as yourself, but choose your neighborhood. (Louise Beal)

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The Frictionary # 228

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2186. Knowledge is the antidote to fear. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

2187. Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up every time. (Alfred Hitchcock)

2188. Disease is a vital expression of the human organism. (Georg Groddeck)

2189. If you put a little mirror in a fir tree, it smells like a car. (Pierre Légaré)

2190. Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. (Eric Hoffer)

2191. Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it. (Lore Sjöberg)

2192. Solitude is a dish that is eaten alone. (Achille Chavée)

2193. Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat. (?)

2194. Expert: one who knows all the answers, if you ask the right questions. (Jacob M. Braude)

2195. People tolerate those they fear more than those they love. (Edgar Watson Howe)

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