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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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- Confuscious Says:
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- No one can be so welcome as a guest that after three days, the host goes
- unannoyed.
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- No one regards what is before his feet, for we all gaze into the stars.
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- There are any number of individuals who know how to win, and far fewer who
- know how to make use of their victories.
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- There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience
- that dwells in every man.
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- Rigorous law is most often rigorous injustice.
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- Nothing is so easy that when set to with reluctance, it becomes difficult.
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- What can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.
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- Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids the poverty of a hovel and the
- envy of a palace.
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- A word once sent abroad flies irrevocably.
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- How little you know about the age in which you live, if you figure that
- honey is sweeter than cash in hand.
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- Everyone excels in something in which another fails.
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- There are some remedies which are far excessive of the disease they cure.
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- It's a damnable plan, if it admits of no modification.
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- Not every question deserves an answer, although some fools try!
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- It is the consolation of the wretched to have companions in misery.
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- No one returns with good will to the place that has done him mischief.
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- Everyone is bound to bear patiently the fruits of their own example.
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- A man who is always ready to believe what is told him, will not do well.
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- An object in possession seldom retains the charm it had in persuit.
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- He who imitates evil always goes beyond the limits of the example, whereas
- he who imitates what is good, always falls short.
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- Extreme good fortune does not change people, it only unmasks them.
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- When a man boasts of his honesty, grab and hold your wallet.
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- Food, wonderful food, if it doesn't poison, it fattens!
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- A mile, walked with a friend, has only one hundred steps.
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- Just as a diamond is not polished without friction, a great man is not made
- without adversity.
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- Bad luck comes by the pound, and leaves by the ounce.
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- Every new debt is yet another strand in the noose around your neck.
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- If foolishness were a disease, no one could come within sight of a
- hospital.
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- Beware of fire, water, dogs, and the man who speaks under his breath.
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- The narrower the mind, the broader the tongue.
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- The crime that goes unpunished is a passionate progenitor.
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- You are the servant of words uttererd, the master of those suppressed.
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- The worlds worst children always live next door, even if you move!
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- Nothing gains converts like a convenient religion.
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- We are born with wisdom, stupidity is acquired.
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- Keep a man waiting, and he'll tally all your vices.
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- If you regularly eat green vegitables for 80 years, you'll never die young.
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- Beware of the cafe that serves crisp tapioca.
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- Never underestimate the power of a liar with imagination!
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- You can tell the whole truth to all of the people every time, and most
- won't listen. Many will misunderstand, a few will comprehend what you are
- doing and ignore you, and one or two might even listen.
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- You may have the right to go from the traffic signal, but if they other
- driver is in a Peterbuilt truck, it may be judicious not to press your
- right too far.
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- Those who would argue with fools would scream at the deaf, with much the
- same result.
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- Never tell a hypocondriac about a new disease, unless you wish to start an
- epidemic.
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- Even the best of all bargains costs something, and if it is that good, it
- usually isn't worth having.
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- Always read over the letters you write, or some damn fool is going to think
- they have found a kindred spirit.
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- If you don't answer the letters you receive, you won't have the problem
- long.
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- If you wait there long enough, you'll be there when it happens, but you
- won't like it, and wish you were elsewhere. Living means you must keep
- moving.
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- Never start a game of Monopoly, if you smell smoke!
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- If at first you don't succeed, you have the potential of being a NASA
- engineer!
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- That person lacks wisdom who reaches down to tie their shoelace when
- walking through the neighbor's watermelon patch.
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- From the
- JOKIN' AROUND DISK
- by
- LEEJAN ENTERPRISES
- P.O. Box 66. Happy Valley.
- South Australia. 5159.
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