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It is a poor pupil who does not do better than her teacher
-Leonardo da Vinci
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Cyril Haearn wrote:It is a poor pupil who does not do better than her teacher
-Leonardo da Vinci


In secondary school, in the metalwork room. There was a poster in a similar vein " the teacher only suceeds when the pupil suceeds the teacher." That was Jock Reid a brilliant teacher.
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Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei.

(Everything has an end, only the sausage has two)
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An uncultured king is a crowned donkey

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-Mr Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!
Ronald Reagan
..
-Gimme five billion dollars to build this wall!
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'The world needs more men like the shy boy from Dunblane'

The Guardian praised retiring tennis legend Andy Murray (Scotland) for his feminist views
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Bald reif hält nicht steif

Early ripe, early rotten

Quite a metaphor for this Brexit carry on.
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Ossis sind schlau und stellen sich dumm
Bei Wessis ist es anders rum

East Germans are smart and pretend to be thick
West Germans are the other way round

Not so simple now mind, many are both. Or neither. Or define themselves by time (before /after 1989), not by place :wink:
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'I know enough people who are afraid of dying, want to live as long as possible, but cannae occupy themselves on a wet Sunday afternoon'
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Just spent a wet Sunday afternoon cycling, cooking, reading Aesops Fables :wink:
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"Time, my birdies!"

Freddie May, long time landlord of the Queens Head, Albaston.
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'The pursuit of happiness is the source of all happiness'

Text on a shopping bag
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You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
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You think my shoes are made of leather
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Hey! teachers! Leave those kids alone.

All in all you'rejust another brick in the wall.

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We never knew what friends we had
Til we came to Leningrad
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