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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Witty remarks 19













*If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. (George Bernard Shaw)

*Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. (William Saroyan)

*The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. (Helen Keller)

*The devil temps all, but the idle man temps the devil. (a saying in Western countries)

*Plans are nothing; planning is everything. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)

*You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. (Dr. Seuss)

*It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. (René Descartes)

*A winner niver quits and a quitter never wins. (a saying)

*The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

*It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. (Henry James)

*There are two kinds of adhesive tape: that which won't stay on and that which won't come off. (Murphy's law)

*Those who live closest arrive latest. (Murphy's law)

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