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They did once upon a long ago in Aotearoa, when the mighty hapgornis still lived - what I wouldn't give to have seen that beauty.
I've seen a semi-mummified one in a cave on the West Coast, Max. And I gave $80 for the privilege. Oh, and the loan of the wetsuit and the truck tyre for the blackwater rafting ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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It is easier to punish than to understand (McDermott)
Innocence has nothing to dread (Racine)
We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the most immediate breath of life, irrecoverably for ourselves and others. (Goethe)
One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. Hi Sparteye (Junius)
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him (John Viscount Morley)
It is not enough to do good; one must do it in the right way. (John Viscount Morley)
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal. (Goethe)
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some more elegantly expressed nuggets of wisdom, guys - thanks! The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.~ reminded me of the (Musical Hall?) gag: "The whole world's mad apart from me and thee... and I'm not too sure about thee...!"Anyone know the origin of this? You there, Rhuby?
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I heard it long ago, allegedly quoted by "an old Quaker".
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More later, but this came across my desk today:
"The Internet offers extensive knowledge, but it does not teach values and when values are disregarded, our very humanity is demeaned. ... Understanding and wisdom are the fruit of a contemplative eye upon the world, and do not come from a mere accumulation of facts, no matter how interesting. Pope John Paul II, 2002
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Dear Keiva: None of us would enjoy a proselytizing didactic haranging ranting Internet. I despise much of the content, but I can chose what I think if worthwhile. I wish I could think of a way to abolish the porn, but can't see satisfactory way of doing so. Viewers just have to decide whether to join the pigs or the scholars.
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I must admit that your point is not entirely clear to me, dr. bill.
Edit, after PM's with dr. bill: I take the words as an encouraging reminder (not a religious command) to join the scholars and avoid the pigs.
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"Shoot for the moon if ya do hit a potato."
-- My grandpa. No idea if he made it up or heard it from his'n or Billy Sunday.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."-- Leo Tolstoy Thank you Maveric, for this thread, and for this link- enjoy might browsing too: http://www.quoteproject.com/subject.asp?subject=95
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It is not enough to do good; one must do it in the right way. (John Viscount Morley)
I think I've found my maxim (or whatever the word I'm looking for actually is).
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