stanza in a poem

Volunteers do it for free. ~Author Unknown



I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat. ~Edgar Allan Poe



I've been attending lots of seminars in my retirement. They're called naps. ~Merri Brownworth



Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



Inspiration abounds when I skip and I do feel like a kid again. It frees the cobwebs, stimulates the soul, and enlightens the spirit. ~Nancy, as posted on skip.com



Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ~John F. Kennedy, 1961



There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site. ~Sydney Harris



The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



Smarts and action are on the same side of the equation where the sum is success. ~Garrett Hazel



In nature we see where God has been. In our fellow man, we see where He is still at work. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



All true tea lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes. ~George Orwell, "A Nice Cup of Tea"



The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past.... The writing of history liberates us from history. ~Benedetto Croce, History as the Story of Liberty



Harmony seldom makes a headline. ~Silas Bent



When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960



Antanaclasis: repeating a single word but with a different meaning each time. This is a common type of pun and is often found in slogans. Example: "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm." ~Vince Lombardi



Las Vegas is the only town in the world whose skyline is made up neither of buildings, like New York, nor of trees, like Wilbraham, Massachusetts, but signs. ~Tom Wolfe



They never touch it: consider what an explosion



Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. ~Salman Rushdie



For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ~Martin Luther



The horse is God's gift to mankind. ~Arabian Proverb