Department of Sheer Brilliance (again)

Well, when the power went out there was nothing to do but think. So I thought up these dillies.

"Not a single raindrop believes it is responsible for the flood."
"Nobody ever set up housekeeping on Mt. Everest."
"The Lord is in the Valley, too—beside the still water."


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