"What wrong can there be in telling a downright good lie for a good cause and the advancement of the Christian Church?" --Martin Luther :eyebrow:

Idle youth
Enslaved by everything,
By being too sensitive
I have wasted my life.
Ah! Let the time come
When hearts are enamoured!
--Arthur Rimbaud

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"Ah! You have made a common mistake here...what you have there is a beet
and you have confused it with food. Food is something like a ham sandwich
or a bowl of chile."
- Paul Hinrichs

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I just ran across this one yesterday while reading "The Pragmatic Programmer":

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak.
-- J. B. Bossuet, Politics fomr Holy Writ, 1709

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"By diligent effort I seemed to be prolonging my adolescence into total
absurdity." -- John D. MacDonald - The Empty Copper Sea

"If you have snakes, cover them with a blanket."
- Telugu proverb

Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. -- Samuel Butler

Hope you dont mind me joining in

My first ever post on this board

" We would worry far less what others think of us if we realised how rarely they do "

Good one Mirabelle, I like it, welcome to the Cellar!

Yes, yes, mirabelle. I'll lay that one on my mother. :D

wrt My bad. We're making progress. The words below are my new mantra.

A teacher who is attempting to teach, without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering on a cold iron. -Horace Mann, educational reformer (1796-1859)

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"I was never actually the Devil's Advocate,
but I did do some consulting work for a minor demon."
-- Wolf

"The fatal pedagogical error is to throw answers, like stones, at the heads of those who have not yet asked the questions." -Paul Tillich

Thank you, Sir! May I have another, Sir!? [/Stripes]

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edit: closed the link loop.

"What Me Worry" Alfred E. Newman"