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Thread #168706   Message #4076479
Posted By: Joe_F
22-Oct-20 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: modern proverb
Subject: RE: Folklore: modern proverb
If you have friends in any large organization, you also have enemies there.

Two stupidities: "If it isn't a fight, I can't win." "It's never a fight, so we can't lose."

In the end, deceivers deceive themselves.

Beware of geeks baring gifs.

Some things are true even though some people say them.

Stifle a bad impulse, and you have some consolation. Stifle a good impulse, and you are in a bad way.

Don't worry. It won't last. Nothing does.

Don't be childish. The children might hear you.

Public opinion might be worthy of attention if you were the only one paying attention to it.

It is the fate of fools to amuse their enemies and bore their friends.

What sinners remember best is that they were happy while sinning.

You're never too old to do something stupid.

Every moment of happiness is a timeless victory over Satan that can never be annulled.

One doesn't fly the enemy's flag, but there is no need to call it a bad flag.

Cheap repairs for the cheap ones.

Easy writing, hard reading.

Of the components of love, jealousy has the longest decay time.

If you can't get the blues off your mind, get your mind off the blues.

Politicians need to have an indecent respect for the opinion of mankind.