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Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Witty remarks 8










*History is philosophy teaching by examples. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus)

*What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have no been discovered. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

*Grief is lessened when imparted to others. (a saying)

*The future is made of the same stuff as the present. (Simone Weil)

*The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. (Daniel J. Boorstin)

*Examine the contents, not the bottle. (Talmud)

*Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. (Erica Jong)

*So little done, so much to do. (Cecil Rhodes)

*Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. (Washington Irving)

*Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. (Erica Jong)

*Law expands in proportion to the resources available for its enforcement. (Murphy's law)

*As soon as you're doing what you wanted to be doing, you want to be doing something else. (Murphy's law)

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