Linux Literature

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has
only nine lives.
                -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

Patch griefs with proverbs.
                -- William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves
possess.
                -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, "Lord of the Rings"]

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted;
persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting
to find a plot in it will be shot.  By Order of the Author
                -- Mark Twain, "Tom Sawyer"

question = ( to ) ? be : ! be;
                -- Wm. Shakespeare

Reader, suppose you were an idiot.  And suppose you were a member of
Congress.  But I repeat myself.
                -- Mark Twain

Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it.
                -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV"

Remark of Dr. Baldwin's concerning upstarts: We don't care to eat toadstools
that think they are truffles.
                -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.
                -- Mark Twain

ROMEO:          Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.
MERCUTIO:       No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide
                        as a church-door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve.