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Francis William Bourdillon


The Night has a thousand eyes,
And the Day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.

Steven Wright


I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.

Anita Brookner


The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so just.

CaddyShack


Judge Smails It's easy to grin When your ship comes in And you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile, Is the man who can smile, When his shorts are too tight in the seat.

Kin Hubbard


The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

Richard Adams


The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

Samuel C. Florman


Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

Arthur Baer


Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.

Clive James


A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

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