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"You little know my son with how little intelligence the world is governed." Count Oxenstierna's words are no less true now than when he said them.
Gibbon said history was little more than the catalogue of the crimes and follies of mankind. Just so you know.
"Young women are butterflies who turn into moths!" Schopenhauer
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
And how one ought never to think of one's self,
How pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking,
My pleasure of thought is the pleasure of thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!
How pleasant it is to have money.
A.H. Clough
Gibbon said history was little more than the catalogue of the crimes and follies of mankind. Just so you know.
"Young women are butterflies who turn into moths!" Schopenhauer
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
And how one ought never to think of one's self,
How pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking,
My pleasure of thought is the pleasure of thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!
How pleasant it is to have money.
A.H. Clough
I know the rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years
ReplyDeleteIt's even worse than it appears, but it's alright
Cow is giving kerosene, kid can't read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene, but it's alright
I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive
Grateful Dead - Touch Of Grey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzvk0fWtCs0
If there’s one thing women hate more than unwanted attention, it’s not getting the attention they want.
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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t”
ReplyDeleteMark Twain
« C'est une loi de nature que tout régime creuse sa propre tombe. »
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