The Frictionary # 687

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6396. Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. (Sydney Smith)

6397. The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. (George Bernard Shaw)

6398. Snobbery: the most refined form of rudeness. (Michel Lauzière)

6399. Most marriages that flounder do so because of money, a case of 'til debt do us part'. (Pat Connor)

6400. If you would make a man happy, do not add to his possessions but subtract from the sum of his desires. (Seneca)

6401. A child need not be very clever 
to learn that 'Later, dear' means 'Never'. (Ogden Nash)

6402. The height of ignorance? Nobody knows. (Réjean Lévesque)

6403. Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. (Khalil Gibran)

6404. I used to be conceited, but now I'm perfect. (?)

6405. Nietzsche never meant to kill God. He just found Him dead in the soul of his era. (Albert Camus)

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The Frictionary # 686

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6386. If you expect nothing, you're apt to be surprised. You'll get it. (Malcolm S. Forbes)

6387. Idiots are not watered. They grow themselves. (Thomas Fuller)

6388. Zeal: stupid process that implies that you work more to earn the same. (Laurent Baffie)

6389. Never buy your coffee at Suction Cup. (Réjean Lévesque)

6390. Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache;
Do be my enemy for friendship's sake. (William Blake)

6391. Experience is a good school, but the fees are high. (Heinrich Heine)

6392. Panic is just stress with boundary issues. (Brian D. Gary)

6393. At every party there are two kinds of people: those who want to go home and those who don't, the trouble is, they are usually married to each other. (Ann Landers)

6394. Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. (?)

6395. We are compensated for the loss of our innocence by the loss of our prejudices. (Denis Diderot)

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The Frictionary # 685

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6376. No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. (William C. Brann)

6377. A painter paints his picture on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. (Leopold Stokowski)

6378. Traveling, for me, is not arriving, it's leaving. (Roland Dorgelès)

6379. You must never fake an orgasm. Faking an orgasm is an act of self-degradation. (Cynthia Heimel)

6380. When you graduate with a philosophy degree you learn to ask questions like "Who am I?" and "Paper or plastic?" (Brian Kiley)

6381. I am neither for or against, on the contrary. (Coluche)

6382. Hurried and worried until we're buried
and there's no curtain call.
Life's a very funny proposition after all. (George M. Cohan)

6383. Autobiography is the best invention made to elude the biographers. (Robert Sabatier)

6384. Women are always right. And even if they're wrong, it's because they have a reason to be wrong. (?)

6385. Do people suffering from Alzheimer's have regrets? (Réjean Lévesque)

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The Frictionary # 684

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6366. Racism is man's gravest threat to man. The maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. (Abraham J. Heschel)

6367. Everything has a price, but not everything has value. (Stanley Behrman)

6368. If women like diamonds, maybe it's because they look like tears. (Marcel Achard)

6369. Fear and courage are brothers. (Proverb)

6370. Sometimes when you lose your way, you find yourself. (Mandy Hale)

6371. Leniency is the aristocratic form of contempt. (Rémy de Gourmont)

6372. The track twisted and turned - a psycho-path. (Réjean Lévesque)

6373. When you ask a politician a question, normally, after his answer, you don't remember your question anymore. (Coluche)

6374. Zebras are just horses who escaped from prison. (?)

6375. Loving someone who doesn't love you is like waiting for a ship at the airport. (Zayn Malik)

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