The Frictionary # 733

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6866. Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful. (John Maeda)

6867. The world hates change; yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. (Charles F. Kettering)

6868. Virginity is nothing but a childhood disease.(Frédéric Dard)

6869. The difference between you and everyone else, is everyone else. (Jarod Kintz)

6870. Half the journey is knowing where you're parked. (BD Garp)

6871. If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. (Khalil Gibran)

6872. Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. (John Updike)

6873. We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of mankind, romantic love and gunpowder. (André Maurois)

6874. The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence. (?)

6875. A burst of laughter
Splinters fly
Some people are hurt. (Réjean Lévesque)

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The Frictionary # 732

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6856. Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third. (Marge Piercy)

6857. Hell isn't other people. Hell is yourself. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

6858. Do not be superstitious, it's bad luck. (Tristan Bernard)

6859. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. (Louis D. Brandeis)

6860. The absence of temptation is the absence of virtue. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

6861. To believe in official history is to take the word of criminals. (Simone Weil)

6862. Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions. (Spike Milligan)

6863. I attach myself easily
my heart is bound
in Velcro. (Réjean Lévesque)

6864. Women don't know what they want, but they sure know how to get it. (?)

6865. The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.* (Karl Kraus)
*Does someone's name come to mind?

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The Frictionary # 731

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6846. Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. (Robertson Davies)

6847. That you have scars
does not mean
you are healed. (Positively Wyrde)

6848. N: Z taking a nap. (Michel Lauzière)

6849. Cease hoping and you will cease to fear. (Seneca)

6850. Among all the arts, the one which will better feed his man is the culinary art. (Pierre Dac)

6851. Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around. (Bill Watterson)

6852. Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because dawn has come. (Rabindranath Tagore)

6853. The dog is a symbol of fidelity yet we keep him on a leash. (L. Sóveny)

6854. When the past calls, let it go to voicemail. It has nothing new to say. (?)

6855. Lawyer: One who protects against robbers by taking away the temptation. (H.L. Mencken)

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The Frictionary # 730

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6836. You do not need the Bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate. (Richard A. Weatherwax)

6837. Pollution control: diversion of garbage to neighboring regions. (Georges Elgozy)

6838. If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. (Lyall Watson)

6839. Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. (Elton Trueblood)

6840. Poets are like children. When they sit at a desk, their feet do not touch the ground. (Stanislaw J. Lec)

6841. Do navel oranges have lint? (Réjean Lévesque)

6842. The future is uncertain and the end is always near. (Jim Morrison)

6843. Comfort sells easier than happiness. Comfort is easy. (...) Happiness takes effort. It requires being proactive. (Mark Manson)

6844. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. (?)

6845. Faithfulness is the noblest form of servitude. (Eugène Beaumont)

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The Frictionary # 729

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6826. I am a pessimist about probabilities; I'm an optimist about possibilities. (Lewis Mumford)

6827.Questions that can be answered with "yes" or "no" are rarely interesting. (Julien Green)

6828. Trust is the first step to love. (Munshi Premchand)

6829. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous. (Raymond Chandler)

6830. O, innocent victim of Cupid
Remember this terse verse
To let a fool kiss you is stupid
To let a kiss fool you is worse. (Yip Yarburg)

6831. If rocks have dreams, I'll consider sleeping like a rock. (Réjean Lévesque)

6832. If it goes without saying, it will even be easier by saying it. (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand)

6833. I always let my conscience be my guide...but I insist on doing the actual driving myself. (Bob Thaves "Frank & Ernest")

6834. When two people become one, you lose someone. (?)

6835. A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air. (Walter Winchell)

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