Glib & Superficial: February 22, 1732

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

--Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

February 22, 1732

King George III asked his American painter, Benjamin West, what George Washington would do after winning independence. West replied, "They say he will return to his farm."

The King replied, "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."