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You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee.
Topic: Bees
Author: Albert H Fitz
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
Topic: Government
Author: Barry M Goldwater
Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179 Thou wayfaring Jesus -- a pilgrim and stranger, Exiled from heaven by love at Thy birth: Exiled again from Thy rest in the manger, A fugitive child 'mid the perils of earth -- Cheer with Thy fellowship all who are weary, Wandering far from the land that they love: Guide every heart that is homeless and dreary, Safe to its home in Thy presence above.
Topic: Christianity
Author: Henry Van Dyke
All seems infected that the infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
Topic: Suspicion
Author: Alexander Pope
What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life.
Topic: Miscellaneous
Author: Anonymous
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
Topic: Opportunity
Author: Jean Paul Richter
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
Topic: Bravery
Author: Aristotle
In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English.
Topic: England
Author: Bertrand Barere
One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop.
Topic: Building
Author: G M Weilacher
Like a wind scattering dandelion spores or maple samaras Lind the NASA shuttle which when it exploded sent people and thousands of captive lab animals over 6 states the innocent little nameless Mad Cow* was decimated after drawn and quartered and sent by porters to 4 states' quarters.
Topic: Action
Author: O Anna Niemus
Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.
Topic: Vision
Author: Louis L Mann
Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors Distress our fair ones--let them read the prayers.
Topic: Journalism
Author: David Garrick
How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.
Topic: Mind
Author: William Cowper
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Topic: Money
Author: Philip Dormer Stanhope
Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
Topic: Medicine
Author: Matthew Prior
All furnished, all in arms; All plum'd like estridges that with the wind Bated like eagles having lately bathed; Glittering in golden coats like images; As full of spirit as the month of May And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
Topic: Ostriches
Author: William Shakespeare
Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.
Topic: Miscellaneous
Author: Flower A Newhouse
I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,' 'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth Some monstrous malefactor.
Topic: Doubt
Author: William Shakespeare