"One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone."
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"Consciousness-Driven Evolution circa 60,000 B.C. Random genetic mutation allowed homo sapiens to compete more successfully for food and mating rights. Just listen to girl chatter posted on the cave walls:"Boy, Uggh is hot. He's sentient!""Yeah. He doesn't need a club to get my attention."
"National Rifle Association Credo [10w] God gave us two hands to holdan assault rifle."
"Fig The proud oak wed a seedling figHe welcomed her caressThough round his lofty limbs she woundHe saw no need for distress.The fig enveloped all his trunkHer grip grew firm and tightThe oak withered in his arroganceAs she choked off his last light."
"Pussy [10w] Her pussy was heaven's gate and the backdoor of hell."
"Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is very true that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did."
"The Written Word The only thing I hold dearer than myself(and my moms, yo') ~is the written word.I'd give my life for that bitch, (yo'.)"
"When you are lonely for a while don't get restless, if you had born alone, you are going to die alone then for sometime you can certainly live alone."
"Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough."
"I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides."
"I used the boos, and not the booze, as motivation. That led to applause, which I drank up like an alcoholic. I need a refill."
"Star No matter how bright the star, it's just part of a galaxy which is part of a constellation which is part of the night skywhich is part of the known universewhich is a speck of dust in God's eye."
"I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have."
"When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’."
"Poetry Site vs. Social Networking Site [10w] Hello Poetry is whatever you want Hello Poetry to be."
"Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions."
"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."
"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."