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Message 909999 - Posted: 22 Jun 2009, 3:09:06 UTC
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Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

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Message 910232 - Posted: 22 Jun 2009, 20:45:20 UTC

There are more fools in the world than there are people.
- Heinrich Heine

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Message 910583 - Posted: 23 Jun 2009, 23:28:53 UTC

"Clear your mind of cant." - Dr. Samuel Johnson

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Message 911920 - Posted: 27 Jun 2009, 1:10:29 UTC
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The mind covers more ground than the heart but goes less far.





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Message 911922 - Posted: 27 Jun 2009, 1:30:56 UTC

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."- Bertrand Russell


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Message 911928 - Posted: 27 Jun 2009, 1:41:37 UTC
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  • It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
  • There is never enough time to do it right, but there is always enough time to do it again.
  • You can but you can't, you will but you won't, you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.



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Message 912363 - Posted: 28 Jun 2009, 16:52:25 UTC

If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
- John A. Wheeler

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Message 912619 - Posted: 29 Jun 2009, 14:41:47 UTC

"Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in." - Andrew Jackson

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Message 912777 - Posted: 30 Jun 2009, 2:00:53 UTC

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
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Message 913255 - Posted: 2 Jul 2009, 11:49:28 UTC

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
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Message 913503 - Posted: 3 Jul 2009, 6:01:34 UTC

"I'm not a crook"
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Message 913696 - Posted: 3 Jul 2009, 20:36:04 UTC

According to Mr. Johnson, "an important fact in life is that there are more horse's asses than horses."
To the victor goes not only the spoils of war but, more importantly, the bias of history.
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Message 914166 - Posted: 5 Jul 2009, 1:31:36 UTC

"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." - Benjamin Franklin

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Message 914671 - Posted: 6 Jul 2009, 9:27:16 UTC

"Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most." - American Proverb

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Message 915492 - Posted: 7 Jul 2009, 23:34:34 UTC - in response to Message 914671.  

"Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most." - American Proverb

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be..." William Shakespeare.
To the victor goes not only the spoils of war but, more importantly, the bias of history.
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Message 915505 - Posted: 7 Jul 2009, 23:47:05 UTC

When you borrow money to a friend - be prepared to lose BOTH!
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Message 915527 - Posted: 8 Jul 2009, 0:19:22 UTC - in response to Message 915492.  

"Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most." - American Proverb

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be..." William Shakespeare.

"Stay out of debt. You'll not regret..."
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Message 915967 - Posted: 9 Jul 2009, 1:19:58 UTC

"Women prefer to talk in two's, while men prefer to talk in three's." - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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Message 915983 - Posted: 9 Jul 2009, 1:37:07 UTC
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...pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death... (James Hurst - "The Scarlet Ibis", an excellent short story.)
To the victor goes not only the spoils of war but, more importantly, the bias of history.
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Message 916102 - Posted: 9 Jul 2009, 9:38:42 UTC

"A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience." - Samuel Johnson

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