Freebsd Fortunes 7

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever
remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
                -- Sherlock Holmes, "The Sign of Four"

When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure
clarified your attitude toward him.  You have given a definite
answer to a definite problem.  For better or worse you have
acted decisively.  In a way, the next move is up to him.
                -- R.A. Lafferty

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
                -- W. Churchill, on formal declarations of war

When you jump for joy, beware that no-one
moves the ground from beneath your feet.
                -- Stanislaw Lem, "Unkempt Thoughts"

When you live in a sick society,
just about everything you do is wrong.

When you make your mark in the world,
watch out for guys with erasers.
                -- The Wall Street Journal

When you meet a master swordsman,
show him your sword.
When you meet a man who is not a poet,
do not show him your poem.
                -- Rinzai, ninth century Zen master

When you overesteem great hackers,
more users become cretins.
When you develop encryption,
more users become crackers.

The Guru leads
by emptying user's minds
and increasing their quotas,
by weakening their ambition
and toughening their resolve.
When users lack knowledge and desire,
management will not try to interfere.

Practice not-looping,
and everything will fall into place.

When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that
you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
                -- Otto Von Bismarck

When you speak to others for their own good it's advice;
when they speak to you for your own good it's interference.