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11 months 4 weeks ago #250227 by Lang
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Church Mice

And for those of a religious bent:


 
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11 months 3 weeks ago #250282 by Morris
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My last one from Bryce Courtenay (until I read another of his books)

You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.

Bryce says this was said by Presbyterian clergyman William Boetcker but often attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
I don't know, I am just posting it here.
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11 months 3 weeks ago - 11 months 3 weeks ago #250285 by grandad
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My last one from Bryce Courtenay (until I read another of his books)

You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.

Bryce says this was said by Presbyterian clergyman William Boetcker but often attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
I don't know, I am just posting it here.
 

Someone once said that if you take all the money in the country and share it out equally between everyone, in five years time it will all be back where it is now.
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11 months 3 weeks ago #250287 by overnite
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Love the country you live in, if not live in the country you love.
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11 months 3 weeks ago #250288 by oliver1950
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Love the country you live in, if not live in the country you love.
As an Aussie by choice not birth I couldn't agree more, which leads to another quote from a Graeme Connors song
Home is not where you are born, home is where you are prepared to die.
You can't have too many toys!
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11 months 3 weeks ago #250294 by Morris
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Yes, this exactly what happened in Germany when their currency was declare worthless and a new currency introduced in the 1930's (or 1940's, I forget which years.

This was told to me by a migrant from Germany.
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11 months 3 weeks ago #250320 by grandad
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11 months 2 weeks ago #250377 by Morris
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If life were predictable, it would cease to be life and would be without flavour.

Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt.
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11 months 2 weeks ago #250441 by grandad
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11 months 2 weeks ago #250442 by Bluey60
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Those could keep your ears warm on a cold night

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