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Theres nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms As rum and true religion. Lord George Gordon Byron		Sunday May 31, 2026
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It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that it falls so short of in fact and in deeds. Claire Booth Luce

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	Claire Booth Luce
	(1905-1987) Albert W. Daw Collection - US dramatist, author, politician, diplomat, one of most influential women in 20th c.

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There are no hopeless situations, only hopeless men.

Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.

It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that it falls so short of in fact and in deeds.

Technological man can't believe in anything that can't be measured, taped, or put into a computer.

If God had wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us a brain?

I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.