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“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
― Albert Einstein
― Albert Einstein
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It is hard to comprehend how difficult it can be to convert a deed into a thought
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One of the newspapers said of Boris earlier ( apropos his remarks about the Irish Border being much the same as Camden ):
"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."
"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."
No pasaran
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I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day
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"She had more money than sense.
Now she has less cents than sense"
Now she has less cents than sense"
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
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Um Brandt* nah zu kommen, sollte man ihm nicht zu nah kommen - Egon Bahr
If one wanted to get close to Brandt, it was best not to get too close to him
*Willy Brandt, German/Norwegian politrickian
If one wanted to get close to Brandt, it was best not to get too close to him
*Willy Brandt, German/Norwegian politrickian
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*Between us, Merckx and I have won all the classic races for Belgium
I won Paris-Tours, Merckx won all the rest*
Noel van Tyghem
I won Paris-Tours, Merckx won all the rest*
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To anybody driven to fill every waking minute.......wasting time is not a waste of time.
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Hi,
But, I.M.O. the fools always remain silent / sit at the back.........maybe probably because I always got there late and Had to sit at the front
I need to start a "Least Fav Quotes" post
ncutler wrote:One of the newspapers said of Boris earlier ( apropos his remarks about the Irish Border being much the same as Camden ):
"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."
But, I.M.O. the fools always remain silent / sit at the back.........maybe probably because I always got there late and Had to sit at the front
I need to start a "Least Fav Quotes" post
NA Thinks Just End 2 End Return + Bivvy - Some day Soon I hope
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Please forgive the poor Grammar I blame it on my mobile and phat thinkers.
You'll Still Find Me At The Top Of A Hill
Please forgive the poor Grammar I blame it on my mobile and phat thinkers.
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Cyril Haearn wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day
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BOSWELL. "Is not the Giant's-Causeway worth seeing?" JOHNSON. "Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see."
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Hi,ncutler wrote:One of the newspapers said of Boris earlier ( apropos his remarks about the Irish Border being much the same as Camden ):
"better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it ..........."
But, I.M.O. the fools always remain silent / sit at the back.........maybe probably because I always got there late and Had to sit at the front
I need to start a "Least Fav Quotes" post
I am an idiot too but a harmless one
Did my shopping in the lunch break, just got home and realised I had left it at work. Again
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A man without a beard is like a loaf of bread without a crust
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Groucho
I have cast-iron principles
If they do not suit, I have some others ready
From a pub:
Oh Water clear,
Oh Water pure
I wish that I could trust it
I've an iron constitution
... and I fear that you would rust it
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Tough on speed, and tough on the causes of speed
Which politrickian said THAT?
Which politrickian said THAT?
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To understand how awful, how immoral, how futile our society is, one only has to observe how people queue for work as if it were a blessing, a favour
Leo Tolstoy
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