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Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 24 Aug by [user] Anonymous

A realist sees that every opportunity is difficult.

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 12 May by [user] jwinston

ha

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 23 Aug by [user] Dipak Sen Gupta

Very nice! And once the desire is fulfilled, you are back to square one.

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 14 May by [user] shayna

HIPPIE

Edit Comment[message] Woody  ·  posted 11 May by [user] Jan F

The quote is from Woody Allen - you can read about how it is said here: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE6DA1F31F930A25753C1A96F948260

Edit Comment[message] Indignation Regarding an Icon  ·  posted 8 May by [user] yawnimia

If Stephen Wright can only be quoted for two aphorisms, you shouldn't post this comment (unless, of course, you champion the ridiculous over the sublime).

Edit Comment[message] Indignation Regarding an Icon  ·  posted 8 May by [user] Geoffrey Wright

If Stephen Wright can only be quoted for two aphorisms, you shouldn't post this comment (unless, of course, you champion the ridiculous over the sublime).

Edit Comment[message] Not His Quote  ·  posted 30 Apr by [user] DickyP

This wasn't said by Benjamin Frankin - he was quoting Daniel Defoe, in The Political History of the Devil, 1726.

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 23 Apr by [user] Anonymous

Rubbish. Wisdom is beauty and v.v. Otherwise you're dealing with counterfeits!

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 23 Apr by [user] Anonymous

This phrase is the quintessential expression of the phenomenological starting point, the fruit of scepticism pushed to extremes, enabling man to become responsible for himself, just as Gautama had done so two thousand years before.

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 20 Apr by [user] Anonymous

what does this mean? good in which way?

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted 16 Apr by [user] Frederick Johannson

To have a "good" conscience--this means to vomit something simply because it tastes bad. Open yourself to new tastes and let your stomachs grow stronger. That is my message.

Edit Comment[message] He has a point!  ·  posted 8 Apr by [user] Chris Jefferies

I like this aphorism from Mark Twain, and I have to agree that he makes a good point. I assume he was hoping none of his works would become classics!

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted Feb '10 by [user] Anonymous

gay

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted Jan '10 by [user] Anonymous

This is a misquote

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted Dec '09 by [user] Anonymous

one cannot be closer to the truth than that.It also reminds one the words of Neils Bhor," the opposite of the great truth is another great truth".

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted Dec '09 by [user] Anonymous


Civilization will bring progress to the humanity, which eventually will take us far from nature and bring us close to death. Remember Lisbon 1755.

Edit Comment[message] (no title)  ·  posted Dec '09 by [user] Anonymous


Civilization will bring progress to the humanity, which eventually will take us far from nature and bring us close to death. Remember Lisbon 1755.

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