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Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Quotes 6 Dec 17

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another. --Horace (65-8 BC) _Epistles_, Book II [c. 14 BC], Epistle II, Line 55

I had an interest in death from an early age.  It fascinated me.  When I heard "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall," I thought, "Did he fall or was he pushed?" --P. D. James (1920-2014) _Paris Review_ [1995]

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -John Lennon

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.— John Wooden (1910–2010)

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