The Frictionary # 804

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

7576. Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. (Confucius)

7577. If Alexander Graham Bell had had a daughter, he'd never have invented the telephone. (Milton Berle)

7578. Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage. (Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly) 

7579. Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs. (Christopher Hampton)

7580. They tell us not to hit our enemy when he's down. OK... But then, when? (Lucien Guitry)

7581. Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. (Robert Southey)

7582. I wanted to have some birds. Bought birdseed, spread it around. Stupid birds came and ate it. Isn't that cannibalism?  (Réjean Lévesque)

7583. The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly" meaning "many", and the word "ticks", meaning "blood-sucking parasites". (Larry Hardiman)

7584. Most butterflies hate caterpillars. (James Ford)

7585. Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. (Marianne Moore) 

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