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PITHY SAYINGS I LIKE A LOT

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"In this world
there are only two tragedies.
One is not getting what one wants,
and the other is getting it."

(Oscar Wilde)

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"There are two tragedies in life.
One is to lose your heart's desire.
The other is to gain it."

(George Bernard Shaw)

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Why Bikers Wear Tattoos:
To Ensure Societal Bonding
and Enhance Group Cohesion.
And as a Form of Ritualistic Mutilation.

(Bear)

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"I laugh,
Because if I did not laugh,
I would cry."

(Voltaire)

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I Never Try.
I Do.

(Bear)

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"The First Thing We Do,
Let's Kill All the Lawyers."

(King Henry VI Part II
Act IV Scene II Line 75)

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You Live and Learn.
Or You Don't Live Long.

(Robert A. Heinlein)

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"Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and
remember his misery no more."

(Proverbs 31: 6-7)

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"I Shall Not Be Happy Until
I See Your Heart Cut Out of Your Body."

(Raoul de Cambrai)

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"A Small Injustice Can Be Drowned by a Cup of Wine;
A Great Injustice Can Be Drowned Only by the Sword!"

(Chang Chao)

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Mankind is inherently Evil!
If it were not,
I would not have a job!

(Bear)

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Vengance Is Mine;
I Will Repay,
Saieth The Lord.

(Romans 12:19)

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What Does Not Kill Me
Makes Me Stronger.

(Frederick Nietzsche)

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Two Inches in the Right Place Is Enough

(Ancient Roman Centurian)

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Power Corrupts - Isn't that What It's For?

(Unknown)

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Only Fools and Priests
Squander Life
Pondering Death.

(Gawain and the Green Knight)

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Suicide and an Unmarked Grave,
So They Won't Desecrate the Body!

(Capt Stern - Heavy Metal)

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The Strength to Change What I Can,
The Inability to Accept What I Can't,
and The Incapacity to Tell the
Difference!

(Calvin & Hobbes)

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I Want It All
I Want It Now
and I Want It Perfect
.

(Liz)

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"Though I Walk in the Midst of Trouble,
Thou Wilt Revive Me:
Thou Shalt Stretch Forth Thine Hand
Against the Wrath of Mine Enemies,
and Thy Right Hand Shall Save Me."

(Psalm 138:7)

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Giving Money and Power to Government
Is Like Giving Whiskey and Car Keys
To Teenage Boys.

(P.J. O'Rourke)

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Creative Violence Is Art !

(Bear)

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True Connoisseur of
Sleazy Women & Cheap Booze

(Biker Saying)

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I'm a Fuckin' Biker...
Like It or Not!

(Biker Saying)

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I Want Peace in My Life.
There Can Be No Peace
Where There Is Hate.
The Two Are Totally
Incompatible.
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Hate Is Like an Acid.
It Does as Much Damage
to the Vessel in Which
It Is Stored
As to the Object
on Which It Is Poured.

(Ann Landers)

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"The Law,
in Its Majestic Equality,
Forbids the Rich
as Well as the Poor
to Sleep Under Bridges,
to Beg in the Streets,
and to Steal Bread."

(Anatole France)

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Regret for the things we did
can be tempered by time;
It is regret for the things
we did not do
that is inconsolable.

(Sydney J. Harris, columnist)

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Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steals my purse steals trash;
'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

Othello Act III, Scene 3, Line 155

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"Government is not reason;
It is not eloquence;
It is force.
Like fire,
it is a dangerous servant
and a fearful master."

(George Washington's Farewell Address)

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We are what we repeatedly do.

(Aristotle)

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