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Quotes
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.
— H. L. Mencken
The best index of a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
— Abigail Van Buren
A man who lives with nature is used to violence and companionable with death. There is more violence in an English hedgerow than in the meanest street of a great city.
— P. D. James
I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn’t of much value. Life hasn’t revealed its beauty to them.
— Boris Pasternak
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, “I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I’m going to snow anyway.”
— Maya Angelou
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
— Thomas Paine
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
— Thomas Paine
Life is hard, but at least it’s short. — E. J. D’Alise (circa 1980)
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I still miss Dear Abby.
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I miss Thomas Paine.
I never read Dear Abby, although I’ve see examples of her advice.
. . . really, neither Paine nor Abby seemed to have had much of an impact on many of today’s people . . .
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Ha! I like that adaptable fellow!
Ha! In mysteries, I always think, “Could it be identical twins?” and then I laugh! In murder mysteries, hmm…I bet the butler did it!
Speaking of twins…I always enjoyed the wisdom and humor of Dear Abby AND her twin sis Ann Landers. 🙂
(((HUGS))) and oh, gosh! Whoa! It’s Monday!?!
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Yes, Carolyn . . . it’s Tuesday!
OK, April Fool . . . it is Monday.
Many books are ruined for me because of plot holes. Perhaps because I write, I seem to both pick up on them and unable to look past them. .
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That’s too bad.
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