“I live in my own little world, but it’s okay, they know me here.”
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Teach your tongue to say, “I do not know,” lest you err and stumble through your error.
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
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It is being treated as a suspicious death.
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Detective Chief Inspector Neil Guild
On the finding of a body in a suitcase on a trolley in the parking lot of London's Heathrow airport.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
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Chinese proverb
If I die, I forgive you; If I live, we shall see.
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Spanish proverb
“Sex on television can’t hurt you — unless you fall off.”
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After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
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Chinese proverb
A joyful heart helps healing,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Proverbs 17:22 [CEB (2011)]
Alternate translations:
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
[KJV (1611)]
Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
[GNT (1976)]
A glad heart is excellent medicine, a depressed spirit wastes the bones away.
[NJB (1985)]
A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]
A joyful heart makes for good health;
Despondency dries up the bones.
[RJPS (2023 ed.)]
Something is wrong.
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ATARI 520ST and 1040ST BASIC error warning
“I didn’t claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables.”
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When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey.
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Arab proverb
Cave ab homine unius libri.
[Beware of anyone who has just one book.]
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Latin proverb
Sometimes attributed to Thomas Aquinas. See also George Herbert.
‘Just say no’ has done as much for drugs and sex as ‘have a nice day’ has for depression.
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Dr. E. Tyson, Texas Medical Association
After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.
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Philip Streiffer, Superintendent of Schools, Barrington, RI
IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are one of the hundreds of parachuting enthusiasts who bought our “Easy Sky Diving” book, please make the following correction: on page 8, line 7, the words “state zip code” should have read “pull rip cord.”
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Notice appearing in a Warrenton, Virginia, newspaper
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
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Cherokee proverb
“The day Microsoft makes something that doesn’t suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners.”
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“I’d change the world but God won’t give me the source code.”
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“Rock is dead. Long live paper and scissors.”
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“I’m enduring life’s theater in hopes of a good cast party.”
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“Friends don’t let friends install drivers drunk.”
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It is better to be patient than powerful. It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities.
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Proverbs 16:32 [GNT (1976)]
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Alternate translations:
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who ruleth his spirit than he who taketh a city.
[KJV (1611)]
Better an equable man than a hero, a man master of himself than one who takes a city.
[JB (1966)]
Better an equable person than a hero, someone with self-mastery than one who takes a city.
[NJB (1985)]
Better to be patient than a warrior,
[CEB (2011)]
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]
Better to be forbearing than mighty,
To have self-control than to conquer a city.
[RJPS (2023 ed.)]
Heterosexual men have an annoying habit of overestimating their own attractiveness.
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Joseph Steffan, expelled from US Naval Academy for admitting he was gay
“I do believe that for every door that closes another will open — but these hallways are real drag.”
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“Think globally, act locally.”
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“Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.”
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Happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
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Chinese proverb
Also attributed to T. Bodett, S. Freud, A. Chalmers.
Estimated amount of glucose used by an adult human brain each day, expressed in M&Ms: 250
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Harper’s Index (October 1989)
Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
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To thicken the plot.
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Sri Ramakrishna, when asked why God allows evil in the world
“Math illiteracy strikes 8 out of 5 people.”
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“God is real, unless declared integer.”
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“Engineers think that equations approximate the real world.
Scientists think that the real world approximates equations.
Mathematicians are unable to make the connection.”Sig Lines
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At the heart of the First Amendment lies the principle that each person should decide for him or herself the ideas and beliefs deserving of expression, consideration, and adherence. Our political system and cultural life rest upon this ideal. Government action that stifles speech on account of its message, or that requires the utterance of a particular message favored by the Government, contravenes this essential right. Laws of this sort pose the inherent risk that the Government seeks not to advance a legitimate regulatory goal, but to suppress unpopular ideas or information or manipulate the public debate through coercion rather than persuasion.
Anthony Kennedy (b. 1936) US Supreme Court Justice
Turner Broadcasting System v. FCC, 114 S. Ct. 2445, 2458, Unanimous Opinion, sec. II-B (27 Jun 1994)
“Don’t worry — the answer’s at the back of the book.”
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“Oh, no! Not another learning experience!”
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Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
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Arab proverb
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
James 1:19
Time’s fun when you’re having flies.
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Kermit the Frog
A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what’s left of your unit.
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PS, The Army’s magazine of preventive maintenance; p. 9 (Aug 1993)
“Always try to do things in chronological order; it’s less confusing that way.”
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“Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.”
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Don’t concern yourself with the bullet with your name on it. Watch out for shrapnel marked “Occupant”.
“Edgy” and “icky” are so hard to tell apart these days.
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Daria
For certain is death for the born,
And certain is birth for the dead;
Therefore over the inevitable
Thou shouldst not grieve.(Other Authors and Sources)
Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Sec. 27 (500? BC)
As for you, Gilgamesh, fill your belly with good things; day and night, night and day, dance and be merry, feast and rejoice. Let your clothes be fresh, bathe yourself in water, cherish the little child that holds your hand, and make your wife happy in your embrace; for this too is the lot of man.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (3rd Millennium BC)
The true beginning of wisdom is the desire to learn, and a concern for learning means love towards her; the love of her means the keeping of her laws; to keep her laws is a warrant of immortality; and immortality brings a man near to God. Thus the desire of wisdom leads to kingly stature.
The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20
Rabbi Jannai said: “It is beyond our power to explain either the prosperity of the wicked or the afflictions of the righteous.”
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
The Mishnah (c. AD 200)
Know thyself.
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Inscription at the Oracle of Delphi
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly, it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Jack Handey (b. 1949) American humorist
Deep Thoughts
GOOD APPEARANCE PLEASE.
NO WATERMELON PLEASE.(Other Authors and Sources)
Sign in Fragrant Hills Hotel, Beijing
Life is not holding a good hand; life is playing a poor hand well.
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Danish proverb
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
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Chinese proverb
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
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Spanish proverb
In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone’s letter.
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Chinese proverb