Sunday, May 23, 2004

Great truths can be simply stated

The Lord's Prayer contains 56 words.
The Ten Commandments required 297 words.
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysberg address is about the same length.
The American Declaration of Independence takes all of 1,300 words.

The EU's directive on duck eggs contains 26,911 words!

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(looking for the exact quote fr the following)
In the UK everything which is not specifically forbidden, is allowed.
In Germany everything is forbidden, unless something is specifically allowed.
In France everything is allowed, even if it is forbidden.
In Italy everything is allowed, especially when it is forbidden.

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