The Frictionary # 715

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

6686. A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom. (Chris Hedges)

6687. If everything is illusion, our illusions are illusory. (Alain Pontaut)

6688. An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. (L.J. Peter)

6689. Outside the apartments
street lamps glow like twin moons,
as if belonging to another solar system,
one where Billie Holiday didn't die. (Rebecca Hart Olander)

6690. When love is not madness it is not love. (Pedro Calderon de la Barca)

6691. I once wanted to become an atheist but I gave up...they have no holidays. (Henny Youngman)

6692. Freedom from desire leads to inner peace. (Lao Tzu)

6693. What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. (Edgar W. Howe)

6694. The first thing you lose on a diet is your sense of humor. (?)

6695. As we grow older, our Christmas lists get shorter because the things we want can't be bought. (?)

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