The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club … - John Denham

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I'm kind of a germ freak. When I get on a plane, I spray my seat and everything with Lysol Disinfectant Spray.

John Denham

The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization.

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Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

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Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.

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Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.

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You prove but too clearly that seeking to know Is too frequently learning to doubt.

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It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too,.

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