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From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Love is a game that two can playand both win

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJuly 3, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:game, love, quote, winning5 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

I told myself I should stop drinkingbut I am not about to listen to a drunk that talks to himself

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 29, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:drinking, drunk, quote2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Being modest is the art of not bragging straightaway

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 28, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:bragging, modesty, quote3 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Abbie Hoffman

“You measure democracy by the freedom it givesto its dissenters, not the freedom it givesto its assimilated conformists” US activist Abbie Hoffman(November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989)

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 27, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:abbie hoffman, democracy, quoteLeave a comment on Abbie Hoffman

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

It’s no use crying over spilt milk.It only makes it salty for the cat.

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 26, 2021Posted inQuotes, UncategorizedTags:cat, crying, milk, quote, salty1 Comment on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Spencer Silver

He looked for several years for a practical usefor the adhesive calling it a “solution waiting for a problem to solve” In the late 1960’s 3M inventor Spencer Silvertried to develop a superglue when he instead createdthe adhesive that would later come to be used for Post-it Notes

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 25, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:inventor spencer silver, post-it notes, quote2 Comments on Spencer Silver

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

If you aim at nothingyou’ll be sure to hit it

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 24, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:aiming to hit, quote2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

To be old and wiseyou must first be young and foolish

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 22, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:foolish, old, quote, wise, young2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Is thinking we’re all differentwhat makes us the same?

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 21, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:people, quote, thinking3 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

Teaching historyis a thing of the past

Posted bydonmatthewspoetryJune 20, 2021Posted inQuotesTags:history, quote, teaching2 Comments on From the FCS Book of Useful Proverbs

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