Interesting Quotes - Page 15

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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
- Unknown, often credited to Ben Franklin
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A sheep spends its life fearing wolves only to be eaten by the shepherd.
- Unknown
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
- Carl Sagan
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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.
- Milton Friedman
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That government is best which governs least.
- Henry David Thoreau
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Level 51
Feb 1, 2021
My baked-from-scratch apple pie turned out good.
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Level 92
Feb 9, 2022
All the apple trees in my field were planted by my super-great grandfather, so luckily I didn't have to go create a universe just to bake a pie.
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Level 73
Feb 4, 2021
Apparently, he also makes Mario Maker 2 levels, even though he died before 2000
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Level 61
Sep 23, 2022
what
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Level 79
Oct 13, 2023
Ben Franklin, duh
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Level 60
Feb 3, 2023
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Level 15
Aug 5, 2023
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Level 68
Dec 9, 2023
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Level 47
Apr 28, 2021
75 hard agree
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Level 80
May 13, 2022
And 74!
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Level 46
Sep 19, 2025
You mean Quote #330788544151938641225953028221253782145683251820934971170611926835411235700971565459250872320000000000000000??? (Im sorry)
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Level 61
Sep 10, 2021
72 just about gave me a complex in today's political climate.
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Level 72
Jan 10, 2023
Ah, 74. Both the Soviet Union and the US occupied Korea as a "temporary solution", and look what happened to it.
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Level 40
Jun 11, 2023
To complete "usa witdrawal from" google search suggests: Vietnam; Somalia; Afghanistan; Syria; Pakistan; Iraq . . . .

Economist Milton Friedman was not calling these "a temporary government program".

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Level 17
Dec 18, 2025
72 is kinda ironic.
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Level 16
Dec 18, 2025
I literally laughed so hard when I saw the sheep and Shepard one. Although, I don't really like lamb. Here I come chicken!