Sunday, May 30, 2010

The Frictionary # 284

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

2756. Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. (Martin H. Fischer)

2757. The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match. (Will Rogers)

2758. Life is guaranteed for life. (Pierre Foglia)

2759. Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil. (Sydney J. Harris)

2760. Curiosity is one of those insatiable passions that grow by gratification. (Sarah Scott)

2761. We speak of hope, but is not hope only a more gentle name for fear? (Elizabeth Letitia Landon)

2762. The more I know men, the more I love women. (Francis Blanche)

2763. The tango must have been invented by a person prone to indecision. (Félix Leclerc)

2764. The problem with reality is the lack of background music. (?)

2765. Truth is like water that takes the shape of the vase that holds it. (Ibn Khaldun)

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At 4:45 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi, new to the site, thanks.

 

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