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-- H. L. Mencken I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.
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"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd." (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 1547-1616) In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the
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-- The Beatles, song title When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find
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If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us.
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ha I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.
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time NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows
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"REASONABLE, adj. Accessible to the infection of our own opinions. Hospitable to persuasion, dissuasion and evasion." (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary) "If you want to make enemies, try to change something." (Woodrow Wilson, 28th US president, 1856-1924) "A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) There is nothing better for the spirit or the body than a love affair. It elevates the thoughts and
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
- Seneca (3BC - 65AD) Black holes are where God divided by zero.
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I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject,
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scumbags dev I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with
typewriters.
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