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It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when it is
thrust into the affairs of another, from which some physiologists have
drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

It has been said that man is a rational animal.  All my life I have
been searching for evidence which could support this.
                -- Bertrand Russell

It is all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it
now and then.
                -- Richard Armour

It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course,
you are an exceptionally good liar.
                -- Jerome K. Jerome

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be
coming up it.
                -- Henry Allen

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.
                -- George Santayana

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
                -- Aeschylus

It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he
holds back one who is hastening.  Rather one should befriend the guest who
is there, but speed him when he wishes.
                -- Homer, "The Odyssey"

        [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
         referring to scheduling.]