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To: backhoe

Yes, my personal favorite, Dr. Johnson on second marriages, "The triumph of hope over experience."


68 posted on 08/06/2006 6:43:23 AM PDT by appeal2
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To: appeal2
"The triumph of hope over experience."

That also describes the game of golf.

70 posted on 08/06/2006 6:44:34 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
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To: appeal2; backhoe
Another Dr. Sam zinger:

"A woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs. One does not wonder at its being done well, but that it is done at all."

Or . . . "Much may be made of a Scotsman, if caught young."

Read his biography by Boswell. It's as full of his wit as a pudding of plums.

170 posted on 08/06/2006 3:04:40 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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