Sunday, January 29, 2023

The Frictionary # 980

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9336. The heart rarely lies, but we don't like to listen to it. (Denis Diderot)

9337. I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives. (Billy Connolly)

9338. War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost. (Karl Kraus)

9339. Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a snake. (Jon Stewart)

9340. Birds sing in all languages. (madeleinebleue)

9341. Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee. (David Frost)

9342. One step back, one step forward. It is in this interval that we can measure the length of our chains. And dream of breaking them. (Marc Séguin)

9343. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. (Ernst Berg)

9344. To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential. (?)

9345. Descartes: Philosopher who thought, therefore he was. (Michel Lauzière)

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

The Frictionary # 979

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9326. It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. (Mark Twain)

9327. There are many things that do not exist, but nobody notices. (Philippe Geluck)

9328. Most plans are just inaccurate predictions. (Ben Bayol)

9329. Culture is like jam, the less you have, the more you spread it. (Françoise Sagan)

9330. Conscience is the window of your spirit, evil is the curtain. (Doug Horton)

9331. And while/ we/ are falling/ we might as well/ try to fly. (Zuhaib Shaikh)

9332. In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of. (Robert Schuman)

9333. In the past, man was afraid of the future, today the future is scared of men. (Anise Koltz)

9334. Drunk people, children, and leggings always tell the truth. (?)

9335. Law never made men a whit more just. (Henry David Thoreau)

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Sunday, January 15, 2023

The Frictionary # 978

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9316. The only lasting truth is Change. (Octavia Butler)

9317. Becoming is an ongoing process as long as you live. (Réjean Lévesque)

9318. Luck is probability taken personally. (Penn Gillette)

9319. Grey is the sun's ashtray. (Malcolm de Chazal)

9320. If millions believe a lie, it is still a lie. (Dave Bruemmer)

9321. Most women set out to change a man; when they have changed him, they do not like him. (Marlene Dietrich)

9322. It lasts about 3 years. The first year you're sure it's going to work. Then you're disappointed in his performances. In fact, love is like a dishwasher. (Laetitia Castwa)

9323. For some strange reason, no matter where I go, the place is always called "here". (Ashleigh Brilliant)

9324. When life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic. (?)

9325. God has no religion. (Gandhi)

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Sunday, January 08, 2023

The Frictionary # 977

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9306. We never answer questions that we do not ask ourselves. (Pierre Foglia)

9307. Man will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? (Frank Moore Colby)

9308. Happiness is the prolonged shadow of my joy and pleasures. (Jean-Louis Gagnon)

9309. Almost anything can be preserved in alcohol except health, happiness and money. (Mary Wilson Little)

9310. Hatred ever kills, love never dies. (Gandhi)

9311. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, and no, it doesn't apply to marriage. (Wiley Miller "Non Sequitur")

9312. When you look up, you do not see the frontiers. (Japanese proverb)

9313. Silence is not only golden; it is seldom misquoted. (Bob Monkhouse)

9314. The man who invented the eraser had the human race pretty well sized up. (?)

9315. Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence. (Max Amsterdam)

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