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Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for
word what you shouldn't have said.
Beifeld's Principle:
The probability of a young man meeting a desirable and
receptive young female increases by pyramidal progression when he is
already in the company of: (1) a date, (2) his wife, (3) a better
looking and richer male friend.
Graduate life: It's not just a job. It's an indenture.
No good deed goes unpunished.
-- Clare Boothe Luce
Bizarreness is the essence of the exotic.
A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be
too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which
was intended for her preservation.
-- Colton
He was a modest, good-humored boy. It was Oxford that made him insufferable.
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity? If Gladstone fell
into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him
out again, it would be a calamity.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
Saturday, 13 June 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
