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SIR BOYLE ROCHE Irish politician and perpetrator of "bulls" (1743 - 1807) Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.       - [Disappointment] The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.       - in Jonah Barrington's "Personal Sketches and Recollections of his own Times" (1827)         [Danger] Why should we legislate for posterity? What has posterity ever done for us?       - [Posterity] Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity; for what has posterity done for us?       - during "Grattan's Parliament" [Posterity] Last Revised: 2008 April 9 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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