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To: im a survivor who wrote (17607)	4/21/2003 3:37:21 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 89467

"His ignorance is encyclopedic" - Abba Eban (1915-2002) "He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career." - George Bernard Shaw "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein "Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes." - Voltaire "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire "Illusion is the first of all pleasures." - Voltaire "We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard." - Voltaire "Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she has laid an asteroid." - Mark Twain "Let us be thankful for fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain "Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street." - Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) "Criticism is prejudice made plausible." - Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of the facts and evidence." - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826) "Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in a foul oyster." - William Shakespeare (1564- 1616), "As You Like It" 1596-1600, act I, sc. IV "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) "Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact." - George Eliot (1819-1880) "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) "The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - Einstein, Albert <font size=5>"Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare." - Voltaire