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Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage . . . .
Richard Lovelace (1618 - 1658)
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day
To-morrow will be dying.
Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say, ‘I want to see the manager.’
William s. Burroughs (1914-1997)
Nature is not a temple but a workshop, and man’s the workman in it.
Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
Telling the truth loses you friends; not telling it gains you enemies.
Juan Ruiz (c.1290 - c.1350)
Never trust a husband too far, or a bachelor too near!
Helen Rowland : US journalist and humourist (1876-1950)
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not all the time.
George Orwell (1903-1950)
Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
J Robert Oppenheimer : US physicist (1904 -1967)
I never try to make a right decision. I make a decision and then try to make it right.
Martin O’Neill, Irish footballer. (1952 - )