The Frictionary # 881

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8346. Doubt is the basis of knowledge because it is the essential condition in the search for truth.  (Jean-Charles Harvey)

8347. God created the poet, then took a handful of the rubbish left and made three critics. (T.J. Thomas)

8348. Without failures, there can be no morality. (Simone de Beauvoir)

8349. Right now - The only of life we ever know. (David Cain)

8350. It is always what illuminates that remains in the shadows. (Edgar Morin)

8351. It's important to teach children math so they can better understand what episode of Star Wars they are watching. (Kalvin McLeod)

8352. No, I'm never alone, with my solitude. (Moustaki)

8353. Clocks pretend to measure time/ but I've never met an hour/ like any other. (Positively Wyrde)

8354. So, out of the thousands of religions that exist, the only one you were exposed to as a child is the only "true" religion? What an amazing coincidence! (?)

8355. Ideology, n. A secular religion, with as many apostles and apostates as the real thing. (Mardy Grothe)

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The Frictionary # 880

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8336. People forget years and remember moments. (Ann Beattie)

8337. On you, Fear, I sharpened my claws/ And I wear you everywhere/ Like an explosive belt/ Or a baby kangaroo. (Émile Proulx-Cloutier)

8338. The function of science-fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. (Frank Herbert)

8339. Two parallel lines never meet - Except if they were made for each other. (Agnès Abécassis)

8340. The world's most popular religion? Self-worship. (Sharon Cregier)

8341. We owe applause to the sea lion. (Jean-Marie Gourio)

8342. Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens. (Jimi Hendrix)

8343. The lack of self-respect of the dog, its baseness and its fear made man choose it (...) so it would be faithful to him, that is, servile. (Sacha Guitry)

8344. And on the eighth day, God created the cat. (?)

8345. When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. (Viktor Frankl)

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The Frictionary # 879

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8326. Happiness is not in having been; it is in doing. (Lilian Eichler Watson)

8327. I am so lazy, yesterday I had nothing to do; I didn't do half of it. (Antoine Bertrand -SNL Québec)

8328. Work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. (Ray Prince)

8329. "Sophisticated" is just a synonym for "complicated". (Réjean Lévesque)

8330. The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. (Robert Frost)

8331. A man who has lived knows that truth may not exist... (Roch Carrier)

8332. Democracy, it means sharing a country with assholes you can't stand. (Bill Maher)

8333. The strength of the wind has no effect on the rays of the sun. (African proverb)

8334. Have you hugged yourself today? (?)

8335. The end of good is an evil, the end of evil is a good thing. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

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The Frictionary # 878

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8316. When you know the truth, there can, by definition, be no hope. (Tom Holt)

8317. "Friend" sometimes is a word empty of meaning but "enemy", never. (Victor Hugo)

8318. Someday a computer will give a wrong answer to spare somebody's feelings and man will have invented artificial intelligence. (Robert Brault)

8319. Between words and silence live more than one truth. (Jean-Pierre Guay)

8320. The hardest years in a woman's life are those between 10 and 70. (Helen Hayes)

8321. To be happy living with people, you must ask of them only what they can give. (Tristan Bernard)

8322. Dance like it hurts/ Love like you need money/ Work when people are watching. (Scott Adams)

8323. Who acts like an ass should not be surprised if people want to climb his back. (Chinese proverb)

8324. Fairy tales: Horror stories for children to get them used to reality. (?)

8325. Ideas are like pretty girls: they also can turn bad. (Georges Bernanos)

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