Sunday, April 25, 2021

The Frictionary # 889

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8426. I could never be a politician. I couldn't bear to be right all the time. (Peter Ustinov)

8427. Revolutions are nothing more than traditions painted over in red. (Jean Paré)

8428. For my sister's birthday, I sent her a singing mammogram. (Steve Connelly)

8429. Myopia: when your penis becomes blurred. (Guillaume Boldock)

8430. Diversity is a reality. Inclusion is a choice. (Stephen Frost)

8431. Time leaves its mark even on eternity. (Stéphane Laporte)

8432. Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse. (Rebecca West)

8433. Born again is born without a skin/ the poison enters into everything. (Leonard Cohen)

8434. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, plus a social media overreaction. (?)

8435. Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven. (Igor Stravinsky)

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Sunday, April 18, 2021

The Frictionary # 888

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8416. Actions lie louder than words. (Carolyn Wells)

8417. Our desires hide from us the very visage of the lie we live. (Alain Grandbois)

8418. Adulthood is like a visit to the vet. We're the dog excited for the car ride until we realize where we're going. (funnyoneliners)

8419. God said, "Let there be light,' Who was he talking to? (Réjean Lévesque)

8420. Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. (Mason Cooley)

8421. The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting. (Plutarch)

8422. Spring rain/ the birdbath fills/ with moonlight. (Tzod Earf)

8423. - Anything you say can be used against you."  - I know, I'm married. (Glen McCoy)

8424. If you tell the truth, it becomes part of your past. If you tell a lie, it becomes a part of your future. (?)

8425. Sometimes, it's the cup's fault that the drop makes it run over. (Albert Brie)

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Sunday, April 11, 2021

The Frictionary # 887

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8406. Peace is not the opposite of war, the opposite of war is the absence of war. (Idan Raichel)

8407. Religion has taught me that you can do all you want in life as long as you feel bad doing it. (Colin Boudrias)

8408. There are few things in this world more reassuring than an unhappy Lottery winner. (Tony Parsons)

8409. Basically, we, as individuals or society, it is fear of change that defines our values. (Marc Séguin)

8410. Patriotism is the last refuge of the sculptor. (William Plomer)

8411. All our words are crumbs that fall down from the feast of our mind. (Kahlil Gibran)

8412. The present is the funeral of the past/ and man the living sepulchre of life. (John Clare)

8413. More husbands would leave if they knew how to pack their suitcases. (Caroline Ammerlan)

8414. Home is heaven and orgies are vile/ But you need an orgy once in a while. (Ogden Nash)

8415. The man's desire is for the woman; the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

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Sunday, April 04, 2021

The Frictionary # 886

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8396. Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? (...) Gods don't think they can become men. (Dennis Lehane)

8397. Porn movies, when you've seen one, you've seen them all - I know, I've seen them all. (Laurent Paquin)

8398. What's happiness, after all, but a certain penchant for self-deception. (Tom Holt)

8399. To love a person for his/her appearance, it's like loving a book for its cover. (Laure Conan)

8400. To contain all the words, all you need is a lexicon. But for thought, you need infinity. (Alexander Pushkin)

8401. God, grant me the serenity to accept the terms and conditions I will not read. (Shari Vander Werf)

8402. Sin, guilt, neurosis - they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge. (Henry Miller)

8403. Just as we think we have/ the answer to everything/ we forget/ the question. (Patrice Desbiens)

8404. Watermelon is just crunchy water. (?)

8405. We ask advice, but we mean appreciation. (Charles Caleb Colton)

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