Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.

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With reasonable men I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter.

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore,

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance.

The Priest's grey nimbus in a niche where he dressed discreetly. I will not sleep here tonight. Home also I cannot go. A voice, sweetened and sustained, called to him from the sea. Turning the curve he waved his hand. A sleek brown head, a seal's,

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

A woman who is unfaithful deserves to be shot.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

The Least Successful Collector Betsy Baker played a central role in the history of collecting. She was employed as a servant in the house of John Warburton (1682-1759) who had amassed a fine collection of 58 first edition plays, including most of t

Sho' they got to have it against the law. Shoot, ever'body git high, they wouldn't be nobody git up and feed the chickens. Hee-hee.

Look ere ye leap.

A morgue is a morgue is a morgue. They can paint the walls with aggressively cheerful primary colors and splashy bold graphics, but it's still a holding place for the dead until they can be parted out to organ banks. Not that I would have cared nor

Fortune Documents the Great Legal Decisions: We think that we may take judicial notice of the fact that the term "bitch" may imply some feeling of endearment when applied to a female of the canine species but that it is seldom, if ever, so used whe

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination."

The Bible is not my Book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.

Sho' they got to have it against the law. Shoot, ever'body git high, they wouldn't be nobody git up and feed the chickens. Hee-hee.

Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author

Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dear to you.

Unknown person(s) stole the American flag from its pole in Etra Park sometime between 3pm Jan 17 and 11:30 am Jan 20. The flag is described as red, white and blue, having 50 stars and was valued at $40.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Nothing endures but change.

Harp not on that string.

HR 3128. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation, Fiscal 1986. Martin, R-Ill., motion that the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment making changes in the bill to reduce fiscal 1986 deficits. The Senate amendment was an amendment to the

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Feminists say 60 percent of the country's wealth is in the hands of women. They're letting men hold the other 40 percent because their handbags are full.

You cannot see the wood for the trees.

L'hazard ne favorise que l'esprit prepare.

San Francisco isn't what it used to be, and it never was.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry without a certain unsoundness of mind.

After the game the king and the pawn go in the same box.

Talkers are no good doers.

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away".

A witty saying proves nothing.

It is Mr. Mellon's credo that $200,000,000 can do no wrong. Our offense consists in doubting it.

Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder.

"Life is too important to take seriously."

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven. As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, "A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created." "This is true," He replied.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.

It's odd, and a little unsettling, to reflect upon the fact that English is the only major language in which "I" is capitalized; in many other languages "You" is capitalized and the "i" is lower case.

Among all savage beasts, none is found so harmful as woman.

Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by no means the only 'certain' standard. If you mistake what is relative for something certain, you have strayed far from the ultimate truth.

Plus ,ca change, plus c'est la m^eme chose. [The more things change, the more they remain the same.]

Let me assure you that to us here at First National, you're not just a number. Youre two numbers, a dash, three more numbers, another dash and another number.

Look before you leap.