The Frictionary # 1058

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10116. Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

10117. Sheep have this advantage over man that they are led to slaughter without some talk of patriotism or promise of a better world. (Jean Yanne)

10118. Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. (Leon Lederman)

10119. Poetry is the faint luminosity that appears under a door. It does not save lives, but it is there. (Jean-Christophe Réhel)

10120. The greatest killer of happiness is comparison. If you must compare, compare yourself to you yesterday. (Kevin Kelly)

10121. Did God have a Jewish accent when he spoke to Moses? (Réjean Lévesque)

10122. Nature creates differences, society makes inequalities out of them. (Tahar Ben Jelloun)

10123. Fascist: current meaning "anybody whose views differ from mine." (Andrew Lack)

10124. If prayer actually worked, they would ban it in casinos. (?)

10125. When you worship the messenger, the message itself means literally nothing at all. (Robert Wade Bess)

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The Frictionary # 1057

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10106. Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. (Josh Billings)

10107. The truth is not only violent, it is short. (Henri Frédéric Amiel)

10108. I am a Libra. Libras don't believe in astrology. (Al Hibbs)

10109. If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? (Stanislaw J. Lec)

10110. Despair is suicide of the heart. (Jean Paul Richter)

10111. I am fond of children; except boys. (Lewis Carroll)

10112. If the truth shows itself naked, it is (...) that the lie stole its clothes. (Louis Auguste Commerson)

10113. His studies were pursued but never effectually overtaken. (H.G. Wells)

10114. Every time you lend money to a friend, you damage his/her memory. (?)

10115. Ideologies separate us, dreams and anxieties bring us closer. (Eugène Ionesco)

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The Frictionary # 1056

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10096. Disappointment never comes from others; it is only a reflection of our errors of judgment. (Vincent Gury)

10097. A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again. (Carl van Doren)

10098. There is no love of life without despair of life. (Albert Camus)

10099. I think the worst job in the world must be shark dentist. (Weird Science)

10100. Time is a river, and books are its islands. (Petrarch)

10101. - What's the difference between war and peace? - A moment. (Brooks Riley "Catspeak")

10102. According to the Bible, Adam should not have a navel. (Réjean Lévesque)

10103. I am not a member of any organized party, I am a Democrat. (Will Rogers)

10104. Half of conversation is listening. (?)

10105. All animals on earth are threatened with extinction. Except one: the scapegoat. (Bernard Pivot)

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The Frictionary # 1055

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10086. The absence of facts that frightens people; the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires. (Hilary Mantel)

10087. The future is not what will happen but what we will do. (Henri Bergson)

10088. I fast in moderation. (Wendy Liebman)

10089. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth. (Pema Chödrön)

10090. A country is the sum of its people, and some Americans are really stupid. (Jacob Ford)

10091. In love, happiness is an abnormal state. (Marcel Proust)

10092. Buddhism is essentially a 2,300-year study of desire management. (David Cain)

10093. True friends are the ones you can count on even when you need them. (Jean Lefebvre)

10094. What matters is what’s inside. Ex. The fridge. (?)

10095. Angry is just sad's bodyguard. (Liza Palmer)

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