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What a case am I in. -As You Like It. Epilogue.
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
Topic: Royalty
There was a break at the prison yesterday. An ex-fortune teller, described as being short with dark hair, broke out of prison. The public is advised to be on the lookout for a small medium at large.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.
Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.
Topic: Capitalism
Author: Ayn Rand
Our minister announced that admission to a church social event would be six dollars per person. "However, if you're over 65," he said, "the price will be only $5.50."From the back of the congregation, a woman's voice rang out, "Do you really think I'd give you that information for only 50 cents?".
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
Topic: Diplomacy
Author: Robert Frost
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
Topic: Friendship
Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?
Topic: Progress
Author: Henry George
Man shapes himself through decision that shape his environment.
Author: Rene Dubos
In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.
Topic: Names
And I had lent my watch last night to one That dines to-day at the sheriff's.
Topic: Jewels
Author: Ben Jonson
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.
Topic: Unworthy
The principal part of faith is patience.
Lo. sifted through the winds that blow, Down comes the soft and silent snow, White petals from the flowers that grow In the cold atmosphere.
Topic: Snow
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
Topic: Passion
Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!
Topic: Luck
Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 Words are merely carriers of the secret, supernatural communications, the light and call of God. That is why spiritual books bear such different meanings for different types and qualities of soul, why each time we read them they give us something fresh, as we can bear it.
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.