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10805. Never say that someone does not deserve mercy. Mercy is never deserved; if it were, it would be justice. (Robert Brault)

10806. Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

10807. The taste of the French for law is well known; it is probably the only country where one hears about a "right to make mistakes", although no one is ever mistaken. (André Frossard)

10808. It's shocking how long a human being can live without any essential oil. (Scott Barber)

10809. One must always be wary of people who use too many adverbs. (Marc Séguin)

10810. Swans sing before they die/ 'twere no bad thing/ Should certain persons die before they sing.(Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

10811. Sympathy: the ability to be useless in times of crisis. (Pascal Cameron)

10812. Patience is respect/ bestowed on the present/ and a kindness to time. (Maria Popova)

10813. The cat was created when the lion sneezed. (Arab proverb)

10814. Love doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be true. (?)

10815. Chance is a name for our ignorance. (Leslie Stephens)

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10796. There is no pleasure in writing. There is only the pleasure of having written. (PIerre Foglia)

10797. Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. (Roger Lewin)

10798. The creator of the universe and the stars really surpassed himself when he created pain. (Omar Khayyam)

10799. TV has become infested with commercials for drugs that we're supposed to ask our doctors about. (,,,) basically, the message is: 1- You need this drug 2- this drug might kill you. (Dave Barry)

10800. If we are able to laugh at everything, we will always win a little. (Emmanuelle Pierrot)

10801. Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. (John Kenneth Galbraith)

10802. By wanting to save democracy by tolerating intolerance, we will only preserve its ruins. (Christian Nadeau)

10803. Spirtle, n. the fine stream from a grapefruit that always lands right in your eye. (Rich Hall)

10804. Opera: the cemetery of melody. (?)

10805. A good day is one in which the past has been rather quiet. (Jean Rostand)

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10786. What is now proved was once imagined. (William Blake)

10787. A truth is a lie that has long served. (Édouard Herriot)

10788. The ear that hears the cardinal/ hears in red. (DJ Savarese)

10789. The falling tree makes more noise than the growing forest. (African proverb)

10790. Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool. (Tom Robbins)

10791. There is no human endeavour that doesn't have a theory; that's my theory. (Réjean Lévesque)

10792. It is not the employer who pays the wages. (...) It is the customer who pays the wages. (Henry Ford)

10793. Joy: the last possible subversive act. (Michel Layaz)

10794. If the Bible is the Word of God, why doesn't He show up for book signings? (?)

10795. You cannot go ahead while you are getting even. (Dick Arney)

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10776. One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. (Marie Curie)

10777. Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. (Hal Borland)

10778. Yellow moon - just an emoticon - in the night sky. (Réjean Lévesque)

10779. Poets are literal-minded men who will squeeze a word till it hurts. (Archibald MacLeish)

10780. The future begins immediately after the end of this sentence. (Philippe Geluck)

10781. An expert is someone who is one page ahead of you in the manual. (David Knight)

10782. One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real. (Klaus Kinski)

10783. Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having an opinion. (G.C. Lichtenberg)

10784. Rhinos are out of shape unicorns. (?)

10785. The sea is the sweat of the earth. (Empedocles)

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10766. Love one another but make not a bond of love; let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. (Khall Gibran)

10767. Bed: multiplication table. (Jacques Mailhot)

10768. There are two types of people - those who come ito a room and say, "Well, here I am." and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." (Frederick L. Collins)

10769. Why do the waves ask the same questions I ask them? (Pablo Neruda)

10770. If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world. (Claude Pepper)

10771. You should always keep a vice for your old age. Grammar is one of the best. (Alexandre Vialatte)

10772. People don't need religion; religion needs people. They're just corporations and they need your money to thrive. (Dan Freeman)

10773. Every day that passes brings us a little closer to death but especially to Mariah Carey’s Christmas song. (NinaCB)

10774. How come atheists don't get possessed? (Atheist Girl)

10775. The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it (Brendon Francis)

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