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Village of Rooksbridge - Contains community events, news and contact information.
Conscribe - Computer services company supplying both bespoke and off the shelf systems, expertise in software for the double glazing industry.
Chiltern Reptiles - Large range of reptile information, accessories and food by mail order from a local farm.
Rossholme School - Independent boarding school for girls aged 3-16 and boys aged 3-7 years. Prospectus and contact information.
Hope Farm Cottages - Describes the self-catering accommodation and facilities available at these ETC 4 star cottages at Lympsham. Includes directions, prices and booking information.
Impulse Foods - Manufacturer and supplier of organic Tempeh, a soya bean meat substitute originating from Indonesia. Product information, recipes, FAQ and contact details.
Lower Wick Farm Cottages - Describes the facilities of several self-catering cottages at Lympsham. Includes pictures, directions, tariff and booking information.
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(Usman Asif) Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -- David Starr Jordan Rooksbridge By working faithfully eight hours a day, you might eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. -- ROBERT FROST One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "You make 'em, I amuse 'em." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991, on children) I don't know exactly what democracy is. But we need more of it. -- Anonymous Chinese Student, during protests in Tianamen Square, Beijing, 1989 "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." (Henry Louis Mencken) Rooksbridge Mother-in-law: A woman who destroys her son-in-law's peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers. -- Anonymous To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. -- Arthur Schopenhauer "Brevity is the soul of wit." (William Shakespeare) Rooksbridge Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -- George Bernard Shaw "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead, 1901-78) "Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn; my God, do you learn!" (Clive Staples Lewis) Reading computer manuals without the hardware is a frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software. -- Arthur C. Clarke "You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question." (Albert Camus, The Fall) Rooksbridge Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. -- John Steinbeck The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. -- Lucille S. Harper If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. -- Hal Abelson Rooksbridge Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. -- Harry S. Truman The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have. -- William Hazlitt May you be too good for the world and not good enough for your wife. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. - Auric Goldfinger, in Goldfinger by Ian L. Fleming There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. -- Oscar Wilde Rooksbridge If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing. -- Kingsley Amis If God does not exist, then everything is permitted. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Devils Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance? -- Holbrook Jackson Rooksbridge A man can't get rich if he takes proper care of his family. -- Navaho saying "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead, 1901-78) In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. -- Helen Rowland The gods too are fond of a joke. - Aristotle That's the nature of research--you don't know what in hell you're doing. -- 'Doc' Edgerton Rooksbridge Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. -- Gore Vidal Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses. -- Lord Dewar The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. - Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on Larry King Live Rooksbridge "Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends." (William Butler Yeats) Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth. -- John Lyly "The rules for parents are but three... Love, Limit, and Let them be." (Elaine M. Ward) Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. -- William Penn "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments." (Anonymous) Rooksbridge What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. -- Crow To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you're wrong, admit it; whenever you're right, shut up. -- Ogden Nash The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne. -- Robertson Davies Rooksbridge "Every act of violence increases the recruitment of terrorists. Iraq has been turned into a base of terror." (Noam Chomsky, from The Toronto Star, March 23, 2004) Whining is not only graceless, but can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood. -- Maya Angelou In medieval times, people thought that evil spirits could enter a person through an open mouth. These days they more often leave that way. -- David Deckert Behind every great fortune there is a crime. - Honore de Balzac Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. -- Aldous Huxley Rooksbridge The only one of your children who does not grow up and move away is your husband. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone I am about to--or I am going to--die; either expression is used. -- Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, dying words Rooksbridge "The intellect is always fooled by the heart." (François VI Duke (duc) de La Rochefoucauld, 1616-80) Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. -- Oscar Wilde Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies. - Voltaire (1694-1778) on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan. The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself. -- Woodrow Wilson "I've never let my school interfere with my education." (Mark Twain) Rooksbridge Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays. -- Oscar Wilde You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty. - Sacha Guitry Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. -- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle Rooksbridge Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. -- Peter Ustinov "Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die tomorrow." (James Dean) It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. -- Abraham Lincoln Rooksbridge The real test of friendship is: Can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy together those moments of life that are utterly simple? They are the moments people looks back on at Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. - Antoine de Saint Exupery Never marry for money. Ye'll borrow it cheaper. -- Scottish Proverb Rooksbridge Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it. -- Max Frisch Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar. -- Countess of Blessington When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toil Long engagements give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which is never advisable. -- Oscar Wilde Rooksbridge "Well begun is half done." (Aristotle) There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. -- François de La Rouchefoucauld "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) Rooksbridge
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