Daily FortunesMar 17, 2006
A priest advised Voltaire on his death bed to renounce...
A priest advised Voltaire on his death bed to renounce the devil.
Replied Voltaire, "This is no time to make new enemies."
A priest asked: What is Fate, Master?
And the Master...
A priest asked: What is Fate, Master?
And the Master answered:
It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for existence.
It is that which men in former times had to bear upon their backs.
It is that which has caused nations to build byways...
A sad spectacle. If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery...
A sad spectacle. If they be inhabited, what a scope for misery and folly.
If they be not inhabited, what a waste of space.
-- Thomas Carlyle, looking at the stars
A Scholar asked his Master, "Master, would you advise...
A Scholar asked his Master, "Master, would you advise me of a proper
vocation?"
The Master replied, "Some men can earn their keep with the power of
their minds. Others must use their strong backs, legs and hands. This is
the same in nature as it...
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it...
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
-- Oscar Wilde, "The Portrait of Mr. W.H."
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Daily Fortunes for Mar 17, 2006
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