Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Oscar Wilde
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1940
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.
Ernest Hemingway
THE REVOLUTION
November 30, 1782 - A preliminary peace treaty is signed in Paris. Terms include recognition of American independence and the boundaries of the United States, along with British withdrawal from America.
December 14, 1782 - The British evacuate Charleston, South Carolina.
December 15, 1782 - In France, strong objections are expressed by the French over the signing of the peace treaty in Paris without America first consulting them. Ben Franklin then soothes their anger with a diplomatic response and prevents a falling out between France and America.
January 20, 1783 - England signs a preliminary peace treaty with France and Spain.
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Benjamin Disraeli
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
Jimmy Carter is a speed reader. He has been
recorded reading 2000 words per minute.
If you screw a lightbulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding the bulb stationary?
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
An old young man, will be a young old man.
1735
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
