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O, what may man within him hide
though angel on the outward side
~ William Shakespeare

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"Between a rock and a hard place".

Caught between a rock and a hard place means being faced with a dilemma that only affords a choice between two unpleasant alternatives. The phrase originated in America in the early 1900s to describe a dispute between copper miners and the mining companies in Bisbee, Arizona.
Between a rock and a hard place Idiom Definition – Grammarist
https://grammarist.com › idiom › between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place

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hakima
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“A line is a point that went for a stroll.”
—Paul Klee

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@Grampy-Bobby
Winston Churchill:
"Democracy is three wolves and a sheep discussing who to eat for lunch"

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@dood111 said
@Grampy-Bobby
Winston Churchill:
"Democracy is three wolves and a sheep discussing who to eat for lunch"
Not even remotely a Churchill quotation. Most likely devised by (sigh...) a libertarian agitprop-ist from the USA, but certainly not Churchill.

This one demonstrably is, though:
"No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

If you wish for provenance, you should be able to find it in Hansard - if you barbarians know what that is.

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“Everyone has artistic talent.”
—Johannes Itten

Itten was an instructor at the Bauhaus School for artists in Weimar from 1919 to 1925. He believed that students (and everyone) ought to play with their art as a waypoint develop as artists and as a process of human development in general.

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Turn your wounds into wisdom.
― Oprah Winfrey

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You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
~ Mark Twain

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The adventure of life is to learn.
The purpose of life is to grow.
The nature of life is to change.
-William Arthur Ward

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"Some believe it is only GREAT POWER
that can hold evil in check.
But that is not what I have found.
I have found that it is the small every-day deed
of ordinary people that keeps the darkness at bay.
Small acts of kindness and love." - Gandalf

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@hakima said
“A line is a point that went for a stroll.”
—Paul Klee
One of my favourite artists.
A relative of his (great nephew, I believe) plays on this site. A gentleman.

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KEEP CALM and CARRY ON

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The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful.

And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

- John Cage
US composer of avant-garde music (1912 - 1992)

~ italics are mine

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