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Author: Thomas Keske
Date: May 4, 2008 16:27

SAYINGS

* Hell to a religious bigot is another bigot of a different religion

* End-of-the-world prophets cannot be wrong;
they can only be premature

* If a quote is sufficiently pithy,
it becomes a kind of poetry

* There is not a shred of evidence.
The evidence has all been shredded.

* Disbelief in conspiracies is a helpful service
those who engage in conspiracies.

* Normality is the insanity to which we have become accustomed.

* Modesty is a way of bragging about how humble you are.

* A friend should never count his friends in the manner
that a miser counts his coins

Friends are not shiny objects to increase one's status,
or to hoard possessively from others.

* Lying does not necessarily imply a lack of sincerity.
Many people come to believe their own lies very passionately.
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Author: Tron
Date: May 4, 2008 16:52

Hi,

"Thomas Keske" comcast.net> skrev i melding
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POET'S POSTSCRIPT
>
> I think that a prejudice exists, a notion that no one
> should try to compose sayings, as if this would be
> be like awarding yourself a medal. The feeling is that
> you are supposed to say something innocently and
> unself-consciously, then be validated by someone quoting it:
> only then it becomes a quote.

The form you work in here is in the time-honoured tradition of aphorisms and
epigrams (and many other corresponding formats), a tradition which goes way
back into classical antiquity.
The majority of the writings of Nietzsche are in this form, and all of La
Rochefoucauld.
Nothing to worry about.
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Author: brian fletcher
Date: May 4, 2008 17:01

"Thomas Keske" comcast.net> wrote in message
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> SAYINGS
>
> * Hell to a religious bigot is another bigot of a different religion
>
> * End-of-the-world prophets cannot be wrong;
> they can only be premature
>
> * If a quote is sufficiently pithy,
> it becomes a kind of poetry
>
> * There is not a shred of evidence.
> The evidence has all been shredded.
>
> * Disbelief in conspiracies is a helpful service
> those who engage in conspiracies.
>
> * Normality is the insanity to which we have become accustomed.
> ...
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Author: curmudgeon
Date: May 5, 2008 15:03

TYRANNY THRIVES ON APATHY
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