Freebsd Fortunes 6

The ladies men admire, I've heard,
Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They'd rather stay at home at night.
They do not keep awake till three,
Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure,
Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints...
So far, I've had no complaints.
                -- Dorothy Parker

The language of politics is poetry, not prose.  Jackson is poetry.
Cuomo is poetry.  Dukakis is a word processor.
                -- Richard M. Nixon, on Meet the Press, April, 1988

The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for
everything that goes wrong -- until the next person quits or is fired.

The last person that quit or was fired will be the held responsible
for everything that goes wrong -- until the next person quits or is
fired.

The last person who said that (God rest his soul) lived to regret it.

The last thing one knows in constructing a work is what to put first.
                -- Blaise Pascal

The last time I saw him he was walking down Lover's Lane holding his own
hand.
                -- Fred Allen

The last time somebody said, "I find I can write much better with a word
processor.", I replied, "They used to say the same thing about drugs."
                -- Roy Blount, Jr.

The last vestiges of the old Republic have been swept away.
                -- Governor Tarkin

The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor,
to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
                -- Anatole France