Linux Literature: 163 of 256 |
Steady movement is more important than speed, much of the time. So long
as there is a regular progression of stimuli to get your mental hooks
into, there is room for lateral movement. Once this begins, its rate is
a matter of discretion.
-- Corwin, Prince of Amber
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 164 of 256 |
Stop! There was first a game of blindman's buff. Of course there was.
And I no more believe Topper was really blind than I believe he had eyes
in his boots. My opinion is, that it was a done thing between him and
Scrooge's nephew; and that the Ghost of Christmas Present knew it. The
way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker, was an outrage
on the credulity of human nature.
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 165 of 256 |
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
-- Wm. Shakespeare
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 166 of 256 |
Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails,
whereon my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through
the rifled hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush!
-- Captain Ahab, "Moby Dick"
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 167 of 256 |
Talkers are no good doers.
-- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 168 of 256 |
Tell the truth or trump--but get the trick.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 169 of 256 |
Tempt not a desperate man.
-- William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 170 of 256 |
The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
-- William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar"
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 171 of 256 |
The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd
And meteors fright the fixed stars of heaven;
The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth
And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
-- Wm. Shakespeare, "Richard II"
|
|
|
Linux Literature: 172 of 256 |
The better part of valor is discretion.
-- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV"
|
|