Freebsd Fortunes

The only really decent thing to do behind a person's back is pat it.

The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber
has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture,
finished, and put inside boxes.
                -- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on.  It is never any
use to oneself.
                -- Oscar Wilde

"The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from
history."
                -- Hegel

"I know guys can't learn from yesterday ... Hegel must be taking the
long view."
                -- John Brunner, "Stand on Zanzibar"

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
                -- Oscar Wilde

The opossum is a very sophisticated animal.  It doesn't even get up
until 5 or 6 p.m.

The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
                -- Bohr

The optimum committee has no members.
                -- Norman Augustine

"The other day I put instant coffee in my microwave oven ... I almost
went back in time."
                -- Steven Wright

The past always looks better than it was.  It's only pleasant because
it isn't here.
                -- Finley Peter Dunne (Mr. Dooley)