The Frictionary # 683

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6356. The desire for success lubricates secret prostitutions in the soul. (Norman Mailer)

6357. To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. (Ernest Hemingway)

6358. The moon, unconcerned
watches the earth
self-destruct. (Réjean Lévesque)

6359. Problems is jogging for happiness. (Claude Lelouch)

6360. Criticism is a privilege that you earn - it shouldn't be your opening move in an interaction. (Malcolm Gladwell)

6361. Paying it forward now seems to be the politically correct way to say that we give to the poor. (Hugo Léger)

6362. When you don't know where to go, look at where you come from. (African proverb)

6363. Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. (Mark Twain)

6364. Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it. (?)

6365. The mind is enriched by what it receives, the heart by what it gives. (Victor Hugo)

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The Frictionary # 682

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6346. It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday. (John Guare)

6347. Alas! There is no casting anchor in the stream of time. (Marguerite Gardiner)

6348. Irony: to draw trees on paper. (HipDict)

6349. Gravity's a given
life's a living
and time's a
division. (Cattservant)

6350. The first 30 years of childhood are the hardest. (Denise Alondra)

6351. Youtubers are not necessarily potato heads. (Réjean Lévesque)

6352. Real life only shows up one moment at a time. (David Cain)

6353. Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame. (Meg Greenfield)

6354. Truth is not a logical conclusion. Truth is existence, reality. It is always here - it has always been here. (Shanti Dharm)

6355. In this world, you must be a bit too kind to be kind enough. (Pierre Marivaux)

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The Frictionary # 681

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6336.The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust him. (Ernest Hemingway)

6337. We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call principles. (Mark Twain)

6338. A gift is just a memory. The memory of the moment when you give it. (Stéphane Laporte)

6339. I am possessed
for my ghost
thinks it's me. (Positively Wyrde)

6340. Time is money, especially if you're paid by the hour. (Réjean Lévesque)

6341. It's not the situation, It's your reaction to the situation. (Robert Conklin)

6342. The real problem is what to do with the problem solvers after the problem is solved. (Gay Talese)

6343. Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. (Marcel Marceau)

6344. During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa. (?)

6345. Freedom is beautiful because it can be lost. (Grégoire Delacourt)

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The Frictionary # 680

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6326. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. (George Jean Nathan)

6327. The biggest human temptation is (...) to settle for too little. (Thomas Merton)

6328. What I like the most about Winter is Spring. (Rima Elkouri)

6329. To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself. (Max Beerbohm)

6330. Doubt is the key to all knowledge. (Persian proverb)

6331. Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished. (Leslie Nielsen)

6332. At the hospital, when you arrive at the emergency, you are a sick person; after a few hours, you become a PATIENT. (Réjean Lévesque)

6333. From the point of no existence,
how long must we grow
to be the size
of a sparrow? (Pinder Buckley)

6334. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. (Jimmy Johnson)

6335. To get married, you need a witness, like for an accident or a duel. (Sacha Guitry)

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The Frictionary # 679

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6316. A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. (John Russell (Lord))

6317. The quality will remain when the price is forgotten. (Henry Royce)

6318. In the cage of a bird
Is a garden of sadness
And all the melancholy of a house. (Georges Shehadé)

6319. Fear is the cheapest room in your house. I would like to see you living in better conditions. (Hafiz)

6320. Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same. (Robert Rauschenberg)

6321. Life is a business that does not cover the costs. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

6322. There is a Chinese proverb that says nothing; I sometimes quote it when I have nothing to say. (Philippe Geluck)

6323. Personally, I know nothing about sex because I've always been married. (Zsa Zsa Gabor)

6324. If one door closes and another door opens, you're probably in prison. (?)

6325. Life is simple, it's the living that's complicated. (Réjean Lévesque)

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