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Quote from The Prince:

"nothing makes a prince so much esteemed as great enterprises and setting a fine example"

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Exactly what does Clair Boothe Luce's "No good deed goes unpunished" mean?? I am lost...........

Doug Horton is undoubtedly a wise man, but he doesn't seem to have been caught saying 58 wise things so far in his life. Why would Aphorisms have only a small handful from such people as Voltaire, but such a complete selection of mixed wisdom and drivel from Horton?

In particular: "Why ask why? If it's raining, it just is." There are no dumb questions, but that comes perilously close to being a dumb answer. It isn't raining because God doesn't want you to play croquet, it's raining because the clouds ran into some cold air, and this can be predicted, worked around, and even, if we decide that it would be a good idea to do so, messed with.

When we say, "It's raining", why do we never ask what "it" is?//Zeke Hoskin

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I think that it is important to believe that there is something after we die, whatever beliefs one may harbour. This will give us hope and maybe not make us so terrified of the big day. As the fact that a persons life in a drop in the ocean relative to the big picture, ie eternity scares us.

Hense believing there is something after is a good thing, and if your are worried that you will be disappointed as it turns out there is actually nothing, well you really can't be disappointed.

If there is something then great, if there is'nt well you will not know as you will not exisit. Which means you can't be disappointed, I assure you. It is a win win situation. All you have to concentrate on doing is living oyur life as best you can !!

Dear Sir, I regard your opinion very valuable. I called American Ballet Thearter for tickets to the ballet. They were 65.00 a piece. I wanted to buy 4 of them. I was then informed I was to be charged 5.00 for each ticket for a handling fee. And I was paying tax on top of that. I was being charged 22.00 for them to send me my tickets. How do you feel about that? I feel robbed. I know it cost 34 cents to send it in the mail. Tickets are not that heavy. I could understand a charge but 5.00 a piece? Thank you for listening to me. Sincerly yours, Joyeve Palffy

At our workplace, someone has in their email tagline the quote, "Integrity cannot be displayed, it is shown." Besides making not much sense, has anyone ever heard this quote or know to whom it is attributed, or, if it is being misquoted, what the actual quote is?

Tx. Hershey Bell

At our workplace, someone has in their email tagline the quote, "Integrity cannot be displayed, it is shown." Besides making not much sense, has anyone ever heard this quote or know to whom it is attributed, or, if it is being misquoted, what the actual quote is?

Tx. Hershey Bell

I am looking for a poem by Ogden Nash that I had pasted above my desk years ago but lost. It said something about our working so we wouldn't have to work. I've looked through various volumes of his poetry and searched the web to no avail. Cannot remember the actual title. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Richard Greenleaf

Emancipation of the human mind from a servile adherence to prior opinions

Don't wish for the misfortune of others, but for the fortune of yourself.

Don't be ashamed of what you're doing, or don't do what you're ashamed of.