My thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman who
looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
-- Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap. lvii
looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
-- Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap. lvii
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- And had a face like a blessing.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part i, Book ii, Chap.... - The ass will carry his load, but not a double load;
ride not a free horse to death. -- Miguel de Cervantes... - Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part... - An honest man's word is as good as his bond.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap.... - I shall be as secret as the grave.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap.... - Delay always breeds danger.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part i, Book iv, Chap.... - Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap.... - Good wits jump;
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap.... - Matters will go swimmingly.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
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Don Quixote, Part ii, Book iv, Chap....
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- Hell's afloat in lover's tears.
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Attributed to Dorothy... - And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away. -- Henry W. Longfellow... - SMILEY
:-0 No Yelling!
(Quiet... - I'll give you a definite
maybe... - News stories expand and time contracts, meeting inexorably each day
twenty minutes after a man is supposed to be home for dinner.
- Ray...
