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- Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- A chinese philosopher once had a dream that he was a butterfly. From that day on, he was never quite certain that he was not a butterfly, dreaming that he was a man.
- Unknown
- A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, But depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
- A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- One man's brain plus one other will produce one half as many ideas as one man would have produced alone. These two plus two more will produce half again as many ideas. These four plus four more begin to represent a creative meeting, and the ratio changes to one quarter as many ...
- Anthony Chevins
- I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
- E.B. White
- There once was a young man from Lyme
Who couldn't get his limericks to rhyme When asked "Why not?" It was said that he thought They were probably too long and badly structured and not at all very funny. - Anonymous
- There was a young woman named Jenny,
Whose limericks weren't worth a penny. Her rhythm and rhyme Were perfectly fine But whenever she tried to write any, She always had one line too many. - Anonymous
- There was a young man of Dundoo,
Whose limericks stopped at line 2. - Anonymous
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