The Frictionary # 837

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7906. We only suffer from the harm that is done to us by those we love. The harm which comes from an enemy does not count. (Victor Hugo)

7907. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings, the inherent vice of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries, (Winston Churchill)

7908. To determine if you suffer from high blood pressure do not use a barometer where you think. (Réjean Lévesque)

7909. Celibates replace sentiments by habits. (Gregory Moore)

7910. The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. (Robert Frost)

7911. Man wasn't created to work. The proof is that it tires him. (Georges Courteline)

7912. I want to do to you
what spring does
to the cherry trees. (Pablo Neruda)

7913. The one who asks questions cannot avoid the answers. (Cameroonian proverb)

7914. The only thing you can't recycle is wasted time. (?)

7915. Just when I discovered the meaning of life, it changed. (George Carlin)

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The Frictionary # 836

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7896. The only sin passion can commit is to be joyless. (Dorothy L. Sayers)

7897. The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once. (E. Joseph Cossman)

7898. We like animals because they do not lie. That is why man has enslaved them; they reminded him of the truth. (Henry de Montherlant)

7899. Listen to silence. It has so much to say. (Rumi)

7900. Criticizing a belief is not racism. (Maryam Namazie)

7901. Nature recycles itself. History repeats itself. Religion has faith in itself. Technology creates itself. Humanity loves itself. (Mark Putzke)

7902. The art of pleasing is the art of deceiving. (Marquis de Vauvenargues)

7903. As the gods in olden stories
turned mortals into laurel trees and crows
to teach them some kind of lesson,
so we were turned into Americans
to learn something about loneliness. (Tony Hoagland)

7904. Coconuts are mammals because they have hair and produce milk. (?)

7905. Imitation is the sincerest form of insecurity. (Polly Bergen)

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The Frictionary # 835

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7886. No meeting with the absolute without solitude, no solitude without loneliness. (Mary Magdalene Davy)

7887. There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying. (Josh Billings)

7888. What we call a reason to live is at the same time an excellent reason to die. (Albert Camus)

7889. Success is a ladder which cannot be climbed with the hands behind your back,* (American proverb)
* Or in your pockets.

7890. Crisis takes place when the old has not died and the now has still not been born. (Bertolt Brecht)

7891. Criminal charges: Credit Card Interest Rates. (Mason Mastroiani)

7892. Books are finally just another way to make trees talk. (Patrick Devaux)

7893. I believed in reincarnation in a previous life. (Dave Whamond - Reality Check) 

7894. Just because you're unique doesn't mean that you're useful. (?)

7895. There are two kinds of time: the time that waits and the time that hopes. (Jacques Brel)

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The Frictionary # 834

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7876. Cynicism is after all, a maladaptive coping mechanism when we feel the threat of disappointment and heartbreak. (Maria Popova)

7877. I tended to place my wife under a pedestal. (Woody Allen)

7878. To be old is to be young longer than the others. (Philippe Geluck)

7879. With a lie, you can go far but without any hope of returning. (Jewish proverb)

7880. It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but poor masters. (Roger L'Estrange)

7881. It's easier to scratch your ass than your heart. (Francis Picabia) 

7882. You will
find yourself
in all of the places
you are afraid
to look. (ewpoet)

7883. If animals started talking, we would find out that they are naked. (Pierre Gascar)

7884. Human being: Automatic door opener for cats*. (?)
* Or dogs, for that matter.

7885. Everybody wants to save the earth - nobody wants to help Mom to do the dishes. (P.J. O'Rourke)

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