WIST Quotations

2024-04-15 17:19:28

He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1734 ed.)

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2024-04-12 14:08:21

Having a baby is like trying to push a grand piano through a transom.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) American writer and socialite
(Attributed)

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carolinerre77

2024-04-10 16:14:15

'I do not have time for things that have no soul.'

𓆩🖤𓆪 Charles Bukowski

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anonymiss

2022-10-28 00:13:37

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.” ― Honore de Balzac

source: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/18902-laws-are-spider-webs-through-which-the-big-flies-pass

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A quote by Honoré de Balzac

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

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