Freebsd Fortunes 2

Advancement in position.

Advertisements contain the only
truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
                -- Thomas Jefferson

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
                -- George Orwell

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human
intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Advertising Rule:
        In writing a patent-medicine advertisement, first convince the
        reader that he has the disease he is reading about; secondly,
        that it is curable.

Advice from an old carpenter: measure twice, saw once.

Advice is a dangerous gift; be cautious about giving and receiving it.

African violet:         Such worth is rare
Apple blossom:          Preference
Bachelor's button:      Celibacy
Bay leaf:               I change but in death
Camelia:                Reflected loveliness
Chrysanthemum, red:     I love
Chrysanthemum, white:   Truth
Chrysanthemum, other:   Slighted love
Clover:                 Be mine
Crocus:                 Abuse not
Daffodil:               Innocence
Forget-me-not:          True love
Fuchsia:                Fast
Gardenia:               Secret, untold love
Honeysuckle:            Bonds of love
Ivy:                    Friendship, fidelity, marriage
Jasmine:                Amiability, transports of joy, sensuality
Leaves (dead):          Melancholy
Lilac:                  Youthful innocence
Lilly:                  Purity, sweetness
Lilly of the valley:    Return of happiness
Magnolia:               Dignity, perseverance
        * An upside-down blossom reverses the meaning.

After 35 years, I have finished a comprehensive study of European
comparative law.  In Germany, under the law, everything is prohibited,
except that which is permitted.  In France, under the law, everything
is permitted, except that which is prohibited.  In the Soviet Union,
under the law, everything is prohibited, including that which is
permitted.  And in Italy, under the law, everything is permitted,
especially that which is prohibited.
                -- Newton Minow,
                Speech to the Association of American Law Schools, 1985

After a few boring years, socially meaningful rock 'n' roll died out.
It was replaced by disco, which offers no guidance to any form of life
more advanced than the lichen family.
                -- Dave Barry