The Frictionary # 611

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

5636. The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers. (Ruth Benedict)

5637. The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. (Hadia Bejar)

5638. English doesn't hesitate to borrow words from another language even if it makes it look fat. (Anu Garg)

5639. There is only one word to answer in the affirmative: Yes. All the other words were invented to say "no". (Tristan Bernard)

5640. Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. (Bertrand Russell)

5641. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. (Natalie Goldberg)

5642. A government promise is like a sexual fantasy: it's great till you try to make it real. (Stéphane Laporte)

5643. The knitting on the floor
the rocking chair still
she has departed. (Réjean Lévesque)

5644. The road to success is always under construction. (?)

5645. A great marriage is like two trees standing tall, side by side. Their branches intertwine (...), they almost become one, yet remain two. (Carl Walter)

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