Tuesday, September 11, 2007

An airdrop of quotes and proverbs

1.Since it is the other who is old,it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside-from others.We do not accept it willingly.-Simone de Beauvoir
2.Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.-Danish proverb
3.You don't have to see the world;what you have to do is observe the world.-Ray Charles
4.What is fated to be yours will always return to you.-Chinese proverb
5.It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.-Greek proverb
6.Laws,like the spider's webs ,catch the fliesand let the hawk go free.-Spanish proverb
7.It is the glory and merit of some men to write well,and of others not to write at all.-La Bruyere(1645-96)
8.Secrecy,once accepted,becomes an addiction.-Edward Teller
9.It is easier to pull down than to build up.-Latin proverb
10.The poem reminds us that the past is not only that which happened but also that which could have happened but did not.-Tess Gallagher
11.Do not learn to deserve what one does not desire.-Chinese proverb
12.There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear.-Frank Tyger

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