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tiny.ag/ngzfgtnp  ·  submitted 1997

Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

Unknown, in Life and Death

tiny.ag/id0fuogm  ·  submitted 1997

Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence.

Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Love and Hate

tiny.ag/g6oi3hzo  ·  submitted 1997

We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.

Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/ohvcxj98  ·  submitted 1997

Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/1kbmhsw6  ·  submitted 1997

In politics people work hard to get a job and do little after they get it.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

tiny.ag/f0ndwhvx  ·  submitted 1997

Insanity: a perfectly rational adjustment to the insane world.

Unknown, in Health and Disease

tiny.ag/jlbzkcea  ·  submitted 1997

Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world.

Unknown, in Life and Death

tiny.ag/2fem3dfi  ·  submitted 1997

Isn't it strange? The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune-tellers take economists seriously.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

tiny.ag/skc4wmie  ·  submitted 1997

It doesn't <EM>take</EM> all kinds -- we just <EM>have</EM> all kinds.

Unknown, in Life and Death

tiny.ag/zvh1wgvj  ·  submitted 1997

It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

tiny.ag/u1iblda0  ·  submitted 1997

It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm  ·  submitted 1997

It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/uc5f23qi  ·  submitted 1997

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

tiny.ag/o7ofzkdq  ·  submitted 1997

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/ina54mbv  ·  submitted 1997

If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/cwh4nfsu  ·  submitted 1997

If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/26gdqtzf  ·  submitted 1997

If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e  ·  submitted 1997

If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/hsipkpnw  ·  submitted 1997

If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/lue0mtfy  ·  submitted 1997

If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.

Unknown, in Love and Hate