The Frictionary # 785

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7386. Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it. (George Bernard Shaw)

7387. The world is always at war because diplomats and politicians lie to the journalists and then believe what they read. (Karl Kraus)

7388. All is temptation to whom fears it. (Jean de La Bruyère)

7389. Critical thinking without hope is cynicism, but hope without critical thinking is naïveté. (Maria Popova)

7390. I try to only eat animals that are vegan. (Jim Gaffigan)

7391. God send us a tyrant or typhoon or two
so that we may seek relief in you. (Jim Culleny)

7392. Happy: The way we feel from the day we find happiness up to the day we get used to it. (Michel Lauzière)

7393. The stars are jealous
of the fireworks
but promise to dazzle us
when they go nova. (Réjean Lévesque)

7394. Where do vampires learn to suck blood? Law School. (?) 

7395. They create a desert, and call it peace. (Tacitus)

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The Frictionary # 784

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7376. I love cats because there are no police cats. (Jean Cocteau)

7377. Expecting a trouble-free life because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian. (Joffrey R. Holland)

7378. I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it. (Ogden Nash)

7379. Politics is not solving problems, but making those who pose them shut up. (Henri Queuille)

7380. Man is the only animal who enjoys the consolation of believing in a next life. All other animals enjoy the consolation of not worrying about it. (Robert Brault)

7381. The microwave oven is the consolation prize in our struggle to understand physics. (Jason Love)

7382. The sun was closing his eye.
At peace under the maple, 
the tree gave me absolution. (Réjean Lévesque)

7383, When you put a chameleon on Scottish plaid, it gives you the finger. (François Cavanna)

7384. Cookie dough is the sushi of desserts. (?)

7385. The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. (Brendan Francis)

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The Frictionary # 783

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7366. Sorrow looks back. Worry looks around. Hope looks up. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

7367. I read Donald Trump's tweets to prepare myself to the things my son will say when he'll be 5. (Louis T)

7368. The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. (Scott Adams)

7369. What have I ever done to the sun to be so badly served by my shadows? (André Pierre de Mandiargues)

7370. If you're yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning. (Griff Niblack)

7371. It is not really being rich that makes happiness, it is the act of becoming rich. (Stendahl)

7372. All my passwords are protected by amnesia. (Stephen R. Cramer)

7373. All winter
tulips slept but dreamt
in colour. (David Dyson)

7374. Life always offers you a second chance. It's called tomorrow. (?)

7375. What's worst when you get dumped is that, often, the other leaves but forgets the memories behind. (Laetitia Castwa)

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The Frictionary # 782

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7356. Fears tend to stay down once you walk over them once. (David Cain)

7357. Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. (Neil Postman)

7358. Honor is the ultimate wealth of the poor. (Albert Camus)

7359. "H": a dash with very big ears. (Michel Lauzière)

7360. Ink-black birds scatter
Writing lines of free-verse
Across paper sky. (Frank Jaspers)

7361. The calendar is time's bureaucracy. (Quino)

7362. There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule. (Charles Osgood)

7363. My ghosts have class. The sheets they wear are by Italian designers. (Réjean Lévesque)

7364. Don't go broke trying to look rich, act your wage. (?)

7365. We all eat lies when our hearts are hungry. (The Last of Us)

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