Freebsd Fortunes 6

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
                -- Sophocles

The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them
before him.  To ride their horses and take away their possessions.  To see
the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp
their wives and daughters to his arms.
                -- Genghis Khan

The greatest love is a mother's, then a dog's, then a sweetheart's.
                -- Polish proverb

The Greatest Mathematical Error
        The Mariner I space probe was launched from Cape Canaveral on 28
July 1962 towards Venus.  After 13 minutes' flight a booster engine would
give acceleration up to 25,820 mph; after 44 minutes 9,800 solar cells
would unfold; after 80 days a computer would calculate the final course
corrections and after 100 days the craft would cirlce the unknown planet,
scanning the mysterious cloud in which it is bathed.
        However, with an efficiency that is truly heartening, Mariner I
plunged into the Atlantic Ocean only four minutes after takeoff.
        Inquiries later revealed that a minus sign had been omitted from
the instructions fed into the computer.  "It was human error", a launch
spokesman said.
        This minus sign cost L4,280,000.
                -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures"

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.

The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
                -- Robert Heinlein

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

The groundhog is like most other prophets;
it delivers its message and then disappears.

The happiest time in any man's life is just after the first divorce.
                -- Galbraith

The happiest time of a person's life is after his first divorce.
                -- J.K. Galbraith