Eleven Things I Learned This Month
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1. “There is no happiness on earth equal to that of liberty regained” – more wisdom from Don Quixote
2. “I estimate there are 53,701 worms in an acre of good agricultural soil” – Charles Darwin
3. “Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape” – 17th-century saying, meaning that sufficient power and wealth can ensure that a wrongdoer is not punished
4. Chimps and apes cannot lock their knees, as humans can. That is why they walk with bent legs and cannot stand upright for very long
5. “To hate to be a tee-totaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that’s as good as you’re going to feel all day.” – Dean Martin
6. “The greatest question that has never been answered and which I have not yet been able to answer … is what does a woman want?” – Sigmund Freud
7. Cigarettes are the only legal product that, if used according to the manufacturer’s instructions, have a very high chance of killing you. – Michael Buerk
8. “Okay” is the most widely understood word on earth – Women’s Weekly Puzzle Book.
9. “Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies” – Gore Vidal.
10. “When the President does it, it means it’s not illegal” – not who you think! It was Richard Nixon!
11. A paradox: A library has two catalogues. The first – all those books which have some reference to themselves. The second – all those books which do not have any reference to themselves. In which catalogue is the second catalogue listed? – Bertrand Russell.
1. “There is no happiness on earth equal to that of liberty regained” – more wisdom from Don Quixote
2. “I estimate there are 53,701 worms in an acre of good agricultural soil” – Charles Darwin
3. “Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape” – 17th-century saying, meaning that sufficient power and wealth can ensure that a wrongdoer is not punished
4. Chimps and apes cannot lock their knees, as humans can. That is why they walk with bent legs and cannot stand upright for very long
5. “To hate to be a tee-totaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that’s as good as you’re going to feel all day.” – Dean Martin
6. “The greatest question that has never been answered and which I have not yet been able to answer … is what does a woman want?” – Sigmund Freud
7. Cigarettes are the only legal product that, if used according to the manufacturer’s instructions, have a very high chance of killing you. – Michael Buerk
8. “Okay” is the most widely understood word on earth – Women’s Weekly Puzzle Book.
9. “Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies” – Gore Vidal.
10. “When the President does it, it means it’s not illegal” – not who you think! It was Richard Nixon!
11. A paradox: A library has two catalogues. The first – all those books which have some reference to themselves. The second – all those books which do not have any reference to themselves. In which catalogue is the second catalogue listed? – Bertrand Russell.
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