“Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.” (the Bard).
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” (Gothe).
Not a Gazette – Just my opinion.
Not a Gazette – Just my opinion.- AP forum version Mr Campbell : I haven't seen this level of noncompliance in the other auditing we've done of similar category operators. Back in the Airtech Skymaster day it was a similar sort of thing; unfortunately they lost two...
Aye: Needs must, when the devil drives.
Aye Needs must, when the devil drives.- AP Forum version An interesting ‘phrase’ in common use since 1420 (ish). John Lydgate’s Assembly of Gods, written about 1420: “He must nedys go that the deuell dryves”. Ref: https://absoluteshakespeare.com/pictures...s_well.htm...
Of webs; woven, tangled and broken.
Of Webs; woven, tangled and broken. - AuntyPru forum version. “Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive." - Walter Scott, Marmion. It is not very often that I get moved to saying thank goodness for the heavy weight bureaucrats, but the...
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
“Never laugh at live dragons.” ―J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit A lack of foreknowledge is a very dangerous thing –well, it is. Think about it; it is probably one of the most dangerous things in the world. If you are standing on a railway track and don’t know there’s a...
The mirror crack’d from side to side;
The mirror crack'd from side to side; - AuntyPru Forum version. V Finally, the silence breaks and the phony war is over. The Oh so polite, delicate, diplomatic wrangling has come to it’s inevitable, sterile end and it is time to test the mettle of our Senators and the...
Lost – perhaps in translation.
Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris Lost – perhaps in translation. - AP Forum version. This, from Wiki rang a bell. As the ‘third’ is one of my all time favourites, I followed up. Oh, the parallels – “I was the first to tell him the news that Buonaparte had declared himself...
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