9746. To invent is to discern, to choose. (Henri Poincaré)

9747. It is said that "power corrupts", but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. (David Brin)

9748. Gaiety is the most amiable form of courage. (Anatole France)

9749. I was born by cesarean section, but you can't really tell. Except that when I leave my house, I always go out the window. (Steven Wright)

9750. Consumer society is solitude wrapped in belongings. (Jacques Folch-Ribas)

9751. Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath. (Wilt Chamberlain)

9752. Hope: The spare wheel of will. (Michel Lauzière)

9753. Do what you will/ This Life's a Fiction/ And is made up of Contradiction. (William Blake)

9754. If God is a catholic, how come he had only one son. (?)

9755. No man is a prophet in his own country, but that's no reason for shutting up. (François Cavanna) 

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