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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....At a dinner party one evening, Shaw sat next to a pompous young bore who proved to be a mine of uninteresting information. After suffering his neighbor’s interminable monologue throughout the meal, Shaw observed, "You know, between the two of us we know all there is to know." His interlocutor was fascinated. "How is that?" he asked. "Well," replied Shaw, "you seem to know everything except that you’re a bore. And I know that!"
..........— George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright, is quoted from The Little, Brown Book Of Anecdotes (1985), ed. by Clifton Fadiman.

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Wow! I said the very same thing to my sister-in-law 15 years ago (it was the last time we spoke together ) and I never even realized I was quoting someone!


Stitchawl

Wonderful! I have a female in-law I shall have to try that on

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Be angry, but sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your anger.
..........— The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral by Francis Bacon (1601), "Of Anger." Bacon is making a reference here to Ephesians 4:26-27: "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil." I've always considered the phrase let not the sun go down upon your anger to be perhaps the best one line piece of advice ever for a successful marriage.

The yeti and I were given that piece of advice twice on our wedding day (we had a point in the reception were we asked all the guests to line up and give us a piece of advice). We've mostly kept to it, too. It has made for some very late nights at times, but better that than waking up still angry.