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• One who looks for a friend without faults will have none. -- Hasidic saying
• Who seeks a friend without faults dies alone. Turkish Proverb
• He's the biggest lier in Washington," said Lincoln, referring to a then well-known lawyer.
  Reminds me of an old fisherman who got a reputation for stretching the truth....
• The Bore is the person who deprives you of your solitude without any form of recompense in the form of decent company.
  A good bore can consume within the space of one year, one and a half times his own weight in patience....
• Bureaucrat, n.: A person who cuts red tape sideways. -- J. McCabe
• Yes, let's consider," said Bruno, putting his thumb into his mouth again, and sitting down upon a dead mouse.
  "What do you keep that mouse for?" I said. "You should either bury it or else throw it into the brook....
• A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
  -- Trygve Lie...