Miscellaneous Collections

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The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
-- Anatole France...
The Law of Probable Dispersal: That which hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
The Law of the Letter: The best way to inspire fresh thoughts is to seal the envelope.
The Law of the Perversity of Nature: You cannot determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance.
He of all men should behave as though the law compelled him....
The Least Perceptive Literary Critic The most important critic in our field of study is Lord Halifax.
A most individual judge of poetry, he once invited Alexander Pope round to give a public reading...
The Least Successful Animal Rescue The firemen's strike of 1978 made possible one of the great animal rescue attempts of all time.
Valiantly, the British Army had taken over emergency firefighting a...
The Least Successful Collector Betsy Baker played a central role in the history of collecting.
The Least Successful Defrosting Device The all-time record here is held by Mr.
Peter Rowlands of Lancaster whose lips became frozen to his lock in 1979 while blowing warm air on it....
The Least Successful Equal Pay Advertisement In 1976 the European Economic Community pointed out to the Irish Government that it had not yet implemented the agreed sex equality legislation.
The Dubl...

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