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A prediction is worth twenty explanations.
-- K. Brecher
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A reverend wanted to telephone another reverend. He told the operator,
"This is a parson to parson call."
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A squeegee by any other name wouldn't sound as funny.
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A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature
replaces it with.
-- Tennessee Williams
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A young girl, Carmen Cohen, was called by her last name by her father,
and her first name by her mother. By the time she was ten, didn't know if she
was Carmen or Cohen.
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Linux Miscellaneous: 13 of 644 |
According to my best recollection, I don't remember.
-- Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo
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Linux Miscellaneous: 14 of 644 |
Adults die young.
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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: Amiablity, 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.
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Age is a tyrant who forbids, at the penalty of life, all the pleasures of youth.
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Linux Miscellaneous: 17 of 644 |
Agree with them now, it will save so much time.
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