For whatever reason, this story reminded me of the Mencken quote: "If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."
...and back to Gibbon: As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters.
...and The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
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For whatever reason, this story reminded me of the Mencken quote: "If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."
For the record, Pepe tried this on me and it didn't work. Then he started humping on my leg and it was love.
Jesus Christ: I just puked a little in my mouth from reading that.
Sorry, mft. History isn't always beautiful.
It's usually one continuous tragedy...
...and back to Gibbon: As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters.
...and The reign of Antoninus is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history, which is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Then he started humping on my leg and it was love.
If any evidence that no knowledge of anatomy for a math degree was needed, that would be it.
I was trying to be decorous and not mention the man-vagina all the time.
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