Sunday, May 24, 2026

The Frictionary # 1153

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11046. When making an axe, look at the one you are using. (Confucius)

11047. A little boy of three sitin' on the floor/ Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"/ "Son, that's when people fight and die."/ The little boy of three says, "Daddy, why?" (Johnny Cash)

11048. Each tear draws its transparent sorrow. (madeleinebleue)

11049. All progress is experimental. (John Jay Chapman)

11050. Of all workers, they [police] are the only ones who want to sanction their work-related accidents with the death penalty. (Jean Paré)

11051. Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon. (Susan Ertz)

11052. To live is to persist in completing a memory. (René Char)

11053. Why should you believe your eyes? You were given eyes to see with, not to believe with. (Ward Moore)

11054. Are Cheerios donut seeds? (?)

11055. I wonder what the past has in store for us. (Françoise Sagan)

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Sunday, May 17, 2026

The Frictionary # 1152

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11036. Time is the reef upon which all of our frail mystic ships are wrecked. (Noel Coward)

11037. The rich: you can see what they have, but you don’t see what they lack. (Augustine of Hippo)

11038. - Did you read Hemingway's book "Across the River and into the Trees"? - No, I didn't even know he played golf. (Bob Thaves "Frank & Ernest")

11039. Do as the trees do; change your leaves and keep your roots. So, change your ideas, but keep your principles. (Victor Hugo)

11040. In 20 years, you will be more disappointed by what you didn't do than by what you did. (Mark Twain)

11041. Doubt is one of the names of intelligence. (Jorge Luis Borgès)

11042. Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be reinvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. (Martin Amis)

11043. I am not on the left, nor on the right, nor in the center, but above. (Charles De Gaulle)

11044. The most used piece of equipment at the gym is the mirror. (?)

11045. Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening. (Bill Clinton)

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

The Frictionary #1151

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11026. Patience is sustained by hope; it ignores any kind of despair. (Axel Oxenstierna)

11027. A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window. (Stewart BRand)

11028. Man is the only animal to believe in gods. (Plato)

11029. If it cost you your peace of mind, you overpaid. (Rigel J. Dawson)

11030. What depends on you is whether or not to accept what does not depend on you. (Marcus Aurelius)

11031. What Adam said to Eve/ As they lay in the dark./ Honey, what's making/ That dog out there bark? (Charles Simic)

11032. Basically, the only one who knows whether God exists or not is God himself. (Joël Dicker)

11033. The desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing. To hold your breath is to lose your breath. (Alan Watts)

11034. To forgive is to refuse to remain a victim. (?)

11035. Even though the watch has stopped, time continues to go by. (Basque proverb)

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Sunday, May 03, 2026

The Frictionary # 1150

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11016. Worse than wolves disguised as sheep are the ones disguised as shepherds. (Carlos A. Rodriguez)

11017. Don’t neglect wearing a mask, even if you’re not sick, you might be ugly. (Pather)

11018. Born Originals, how come it comes to pass that we die Copies? (Edward Young)

11019. Memory is the future of the past. (Paul Valéry)

11020. Tact is the art of putting your foot down without stepping on anyone's toes. (L.J. Peter)

11021. A butterfly emerges/ then flies away/ morning moon. (Issa)

11022. The stream of te true/ is formed by/ drops of doubt. (Maria Popova)

11023.  By reading the paper, people think they know what’s going on in the world. In reality...they only learn what’s going on in the paper. (Philippe Geluck)

11024. Addiction is giving up EVERYTHING for - one - thing. (?)

11025. If you get tired, learn to rest, not quit. (Banksy)

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