The Frictionary # 884

 Here is another page taken from The Frictionary:

8376. It is not us who say the words, it is them who speak to us. (Witold Gombrowicz)

8377. When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address. (Jeffrey R. Holland)

8378. Language is legislation, speech is its code. (Roland Barthes)

8379. The whole reason we fought the Cold War was so we wouldn't have to learn the metric system. (Dave Barry)

8380. Ignorance is the mother of traditions. (Charles de Montesquieu)

8381. Happiness must be consumed when it's fresh. you can't store it until later. (Mardy Grothe)

8382. Patriotism is loving our country. Nationalism is hating other people's country. (Charles De Gaulle)

8383. In a web/ under variable moonlight/ a firefly's SOS. (Tzod Earf)

8384. Life is like photography, you need the negatives to develop. (?)

8385. Genius is misunderstood, but so is irony. (Réjean Lévesque)

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