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To see the butcher slap the steak, before he laid it on the block,
and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was
agreeable, too -it really was- to see him cut it off, so smooth and juicy.
There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen;
it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of
tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of
mind over matter; quite.
-- Dickens, "Martin Chuzzlewit"
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1834 of 2171 |
To see you is to sympathize.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1835 of 2171 |
To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts
the job will take the longest and cost the most.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1836 of 2171 |
To stand and be still,
At the Birkenhead drill,
Is a damned tough bullet to chew.
-- Rudyard Kipling
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1837 of 2171 |
To stay young requires unceasing cultivation
of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.
-- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough For Love"
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1838 of 2171 |
To stay youthful, stay useful.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1839 of 2171 |
To teach is to learn.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1840 of 2171 |
To teach is to learn twice.
-- Joseph Joubert
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1841 of 2171 |
To the landlord belongs the doorknobs.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1842 of 2171 |
To Theodore Roosevelt:
You are like the Wind and I like the Lion. You form the Tempest.
The sand stings my eyes and the Ground is parched. I roar in defiance but
you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion,
must remain in my place. While you, like the wind, will never know yours.
Mulay Hamid El Raisuli
Lord of the Riff
Sultan to the Berbers
Last of the Barbary Pirates
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