Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1831 of 2171 |
To say you got a vote of confidence
would be to say you needed a vote of confidence.
-- Andrew Young
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1832 of 2171 |
To see a need and wait to be asked, is to already refuse.
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Freebsd Fortunes 6: 1833 of 2171 |
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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