The Frictionary # 1143

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10946. I am the only person I know without an accent. (Gregory Cramer)

10947. Charm: a way to hear oneself answer 'yes' without having asked any clear question. (Albert Camus)

10948. The six stages of drunkenness: Verbose, Jocose, Morose, Lachrymose, Bellicose, and Comatose. (Sara Hutchinson)

10949. Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it. Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

10950. Religion is a byproduct of fear. (Arthur C. Clarke)

10951. People who look constipated are often the shittiest. (Bruno Masure)

10952. The reward for good work is more work. (Francesca Elisia)

10953. We measure an individual’s intelligence by the amount of uncertainties he is capable of withstanding. (Immanuel Kant)

10954. Wanted, Dead or Alive: Schrödinger's Cat. (?)

10955. Pray: to ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. (Ambrose Bierce)

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The Frictionary # 1142

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10936. Luck is what you have left after you give 100 percent. (Langston Coleman)

10937. The first knowledge is the knowledge of my ignorance. It’s the beginning of intelligence. (Socrates)

10938. Anger is what humans use to disguise their sadness. (Réjean Lévesque)

10939. Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

10940. Freedom begins where ignorance ends. (Victor Hugo)

10941. Remove all periods/ They are scars made by words/ I couldn't bring myself to say. (Charles Simic)

10942. He passed for a thinker because he often was silent. (Alexandre Breffort)

10943. Memory is safest in someone with amnesia. (Hannah Fries)

10944. - What is your sign? - Do not disturb. (?)

10945. The future is not what will happen but what we will do. (Henri Bergson)

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The Frictionary # 1141

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10926. Width of life is more important than length of life. (Avicenna aka Ibn Sina)

10927. If you look at zero, you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world. (Robert Kaplan)

10928. The two shortest and oldest words, yes and no, are those that require the most reflection. (Pythagoras)

10929. All wealth is the product of labor.  (John Locke) Not necessarily yours... 

10930. In the past, man was afraid of the future. Today, the future is afraid of man. (Albert Camus)

10931. Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. (Yoda)

10932. Everybody has ideas: the proof is that there are bad ones. (Coluche)

10933. Listen to the woman when she looks at you...not when she talks to you. (Khalil Gibran)

10934. I have three ex-wives. I can't remember any of their names, so I just call'em "plaintiff". (Lewis Grizzard)

10935. Reality surpasses fiction, but not for long, we can clearly see that the reality is tiring. (Jean-Marie Gourio)

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