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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (Deutsch) by Linux fortune

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
(T.S. Elliot, engl. Dichter amerikan. Herkunft, 1888-1965)
'I tried to be Christ'
(David Corson's Antwort auf die Frage, warum er voll bekleidet ins Meer lief.)
Cows eat paperbags, glass, tins, razorblades (....), newspapers, radios, knifes, forks, yes, cows do.
(Neil Hendry)
Neil, DO NOT feed the cows to-day.
(Markus Gansel)
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get heart's desire. The other one is to get it.
(George Bernard Shaw, ir. Dramatiker, 1856-1950)
Oh Sprint please come save me / from the prices of TELECOM Germany //
Oh AT&T come to our aid / so much money we have paid //
For quality that is rotten / and service best forgotten //
Oh please come and save us and me / from a greedy state monopoly. //
(Scot Stevenson)
There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
(Woody Allen, am. Schauspieler u. Regisseur, 1935-)

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a  skimpy Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash.
(Emo Phillips)

I don't want to be immortal through my work. I want to be immortal through not dying.
(Woody Allen, am. Schausp. u. Regisseur, 1935-)
The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest, with an axe.

A diplomat...is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
(Caskie Stinnett)

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
(Robert Frost, amerik. Lyriker, 1874-1963)

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would  take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
(Mark Twain, am. Schriftsteller, 1835-1910)

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
(George Bernard Shaw, ir. Dramatiker, 1856-1950)

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to  see it tried on him personally.
(Abraham Lincoln, am. Staatsmann, 1809-1865)

If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.
        Dennis Roch, Herzlichen Dank an eine unbekannte Netsurferin für diesen Spruch!
A good man is hard to find. A hard man is good to find.
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
A. Lincoln
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