The Frictionary # 892

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8456. The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. (Thurgood Marshall)

8457. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. (Fernando Pessoa)

8458. My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do. (Francine Jay)

8459. Breast: a knee wearing a sombrero. (Fred Dubé)

8460. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off once in a while, or the light won't come in. (Isaac Asimov)

8461. Fear does not prevent death, it prevents life. (Naguib Mahfouz)

8462. accept all of life in your chest./ death is the end of percussion./ breathe deeply, the music/ will function. listen close. (Lenelle Moïse)

8463. The tourists' greatest handicap is that they are sheep. (Pierre Foglia)

8464. Once in a while we have to wait for our souls to catch up. (African proverb)

8465. Culture does not consist in acquiring opinions but in getting rid of them. (W.B. Yeats)

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