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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

A homeowner's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a weekend for?
Karl's version of Parkinson's Law:  Work expands to exceed the time alloted it.
Ah, but a man's grasp should exceed his reach,
Or what's a heaven for ?
                -- Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"
If the weather is extremely bad, church attendance will be down.  If
the weather is extremely good, church attendance will be down.  If the
bulletin covers are in short supply, however, church attendance will
exceed all expectations.
                -- Reverend Chichester
Ah, but a man's grasp should exceed his reach,
Or what's a heaven for ?
                -- Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto"
Man's reach must exceed his grasp, for why else the heavens?
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