The Frictionary # 810

Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

7636. A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and ends up losing respect for himself and for others.* (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
* Message to Trump.

7637. We must laugh at everything. (...) It is the only human way of brushing against lucidity without falling into it. (Pierre Desproges)

7638. Even the one-eyed man winks to women. (Arab proverb)

7639. Leadership cannot really be taught, it can only be learned. (Harold S. Green)

7640. An airplane is a prison with wings. (Stéphane Laporte)

7641. A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge. (China Miéville)

7642. You, Holy Sun.
Burning hiker on the path of stars between the blind and glittering animals,
good-natured champion who lashes out at giants far away and having fun. (Tomas Lieske)

7643. Freedom (n.): to ask nothing, to expect nothing, to depend on nothing. (Ayn Rand)

7644. Pop-Tarts: breakfast raviolis. (?)

7645. If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. (Mercedes Lackey)

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