The Kiss

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  “Ryabovitch pulled the bed-clothes over his head, curled himself up in bed, and tried to gather together the floating images in his mind and to combine them into one whole. But nothing came of it. He soon fell asleep, and his last thought was that someone had caressed him and made him happy—that something extraordinary, foolish, but joyful and delightful, had come into his life. The thought did not leave him even in his sleep. When he woke up the sensations of oil on his neck and the chill of peppermint about his lips had gone, but joy flooded his heart just as the day before.” The Kiss By Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)

Quoting from the Bible

Didja hear the one about the two lawyers? One thought he would make an impression on the jury by quoting from the Bible. He said (concering his oponent's client), "we have it on the highest authority that it has been said, 'All that a man has will he give for his skin.'

The other lawyer, who knew his Bible, replied, "I am very much impressed by the fact that my distinguished colleague here regards as the highest authority the one who said, 'All that a man has will he given for his skin.' You will find this saying comes from the book of Job, and the one who utters it is the devil. And that is who he regards as the highest authority!"

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