Chains

Things I've noticed during the past week:

1) Wishful thinking and memory loss often produce similar results.

2) Dead brain cells aren't particularly useful for storing history lessons.

3) Past events may illuminate the means to escape current quandaries.

4) Learning from the mistakes of others generally requires that you don't repeat theirs.

5) If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and looks like a duck, it might be disguised as a duck.

6) Those who live in glass houses sometimes forget where they are.

7) Salvation often comes at zero hour, which may be too late.

8) Desperate people sometimes see heroes where there are none.

9) If you're drunk, don't play with the phone.

10) Bravado is just that.

11) Sometimes fixing one thing breaks another.

12) The agony of irreversibility outlives the circumstances that created it.

13) When it comes to the truth, there is no statute of limitations.

14) Sometimes bad situations get a lot worse.

15) Blood isn't always thicker than water.

16) Gullibility isn't a sin, but sometimes its effects are.

17) Things don't always turn out alright in the end.

18) Sometimes people become addicted to odd circumstances.

19) There are far worse things than being alone.

20) Ignore gut feelings at your peril.

21) When the foundation contains subterfuge, there's no use examining the rest of the house for termites.

22) The truth doesn't always set you free.