Guernsey Museums and Galleries - Details of museums, galleries, archaeological excavations and historically important sites on the island.
The Gallery - situated on the ground floor of Grange House, is an integral part of the College of Further Education's Art and Design programme. Found in the centre of St Peter Port, it provides a challenging programme of contemporary exhibitions.
Guernsey Philatelic Bureau - Guernsey Philatelic Bureau a good source of information on the local stamps
Guernsey Youth Theatre - Giving young people the opportunity to see and participate in theatre. Information about productions, the group and how to contact them.
Victor Hugo - Describes how he arrived at his exile home and what he did while there. Includes panoramic images of Hauteville House and French translation.
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-- Francis Bacon Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do.
-- Oscar Wilde Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the
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Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.
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Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
-- Dr. Karl Menninger Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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-- Oscar Wilde Arts and Entertainment Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
-- Simeon Strunsky Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
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Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than
you is a maniac.
-- George Carlin When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
-- Nigerian Proverb Honorable, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary
to mention all members as honorable; as, ``the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur.'
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-- Aldous Huxley "What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage." In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Therefore:
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-- Abraham Lincoln What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
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-- Ogden Nash Arts and Entertainment
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
-- Robert Schuller It's important to be open-minded, but not SO open-minded that your brains fall out.
-- Rick Radebaugh Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of
poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction.
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He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.
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doctors rob you and kill you too.
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