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SOME OLD minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. [With John Quincy Adams]

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old. [François de La Rochefoucauld]

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding. [François de La Rochefoucauld]


IN MARCH 1981 someone fired several shots at the US president Ronald Reagan and his party as they left a Washington hotel. Reagan was taken to the hospital. His serious chest wound needed emergency surgery. Wheeled into the operating theatre he smiled, looked around at the team of surgeons and said,
       "Please assure me that you are all Republicans!"

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Briefing on throught-pleasures from long ago

Briefing cat THE OUTCOME of good work may or may not be pleasant. It depends on where you are and who you are with. Not all are fair. There is reason to highlight it.
      To be handy is also to rise above decrees - including some of others. Having the upper hand isn't too bad in all respects.
      And facts may be tested for the sake of solidifying a living. And then the able man learns to compare while there is time. Consistent, full living is not too bad in every respect.

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Tut THERE'S nobody who is not dangerous for someone. [Cf. Marquise de Sévigné on 'danger']

"In Germany, they came first for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists but I didn't speak up because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time nobody was left to speak up."

- Martin Niemoeller, Dachau, 1944.

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