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Namsnanny Mon 19-Aug-24 23:00:10

Give me the child until 7y and I will show you the man.
Aristotle

Grannybags Mon 19-Aug-24 22:51:15

I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened. Mark Twain

Spinnaker Mon 19-Aug-24 22:47:18

I have the simplest taste, nothing but the best. Oscar Wilde

Oreo Mon 19-Aug-24 22:45:26

P T Barnum, US showman, ‘there’s a sucker born every minute’

Theexwife Mon 19-Aug-24 22:44:12

Recollections may vary, Prince Williams private secretary, Jean-Christophe Gray.

biglouis Mon 19-Aug-24 22:41:27

Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men

Although somewhat out of date now and should say "wise people".

Attributed to Harry Day who was captured by the Germans in WW2. He repeatedly helped others to escape and many times attempted to escape himself. He finally escaped, stealing a VW car and driving it to Allied lines.

People who are entrepreneurs often manipulate the rules and obtain great pleasure in doing so.

Oreo Mon 19-Aug-24 22:36:12

Ray Bradbury, author ‘ you don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them’.

Oreo Mon 19-Aug-24 22:30:57

An apt one for SM:
Horace, Roman Poet said ‘you can destroy what you haven’t published, the word, once out cannot be recalled’.

Grandyma Mon 19-Aug-24 22:26:41

When it’s dark, look for stars. - Oscar Wilde

TerriT Mon 19-Aug-24 22:21:32

When you are dead, you don’t know you are dead but others feel pain. It’s the same as when you are stupid!

MissInterpreted Mon 19-Aug-24 22:12:11

This too, shall pass...

Oreo Mon 19-Aug-24 22:11:37

From a famous trial
‘Well he would say that wouldn’t he?’😄

Babs03 Mon 19-Aug-24 22:08:21

I have had a fav quote for some time.
It is from a poem by Rumi an ancient Persian poet.

‘Out beyond all ideas
Of wrongdoing
And right doing
There is a field
I will meet you there.’

Any other fav quotes?