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pessimist:
A man who spends all his time worrying about how he can keep the
wolf from the door.
optimist:
A man who refuses to see the wolf until he seizes the seat of
his pants.
opportunist:
A man who invites the wolf in and appears the next day in a fur coat.
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| Linux Definitions: 718 of 1105 |
Peter's Law of Substitution:
Look after the molehills, and the
mountains will look after themselves.
Peter's Principle of Success:
Get up one time more than you're knocked down.
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Peterson's Admonition:
When you think you're going down for the third time --
just remember that you may have counted wrong.
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Peterson's Rules:
(1) Trucks that overturn on freeways are filled with something sticky.
(2) No cute baby in a carriage is ever a girl when called one.
(3) Things that tick are not always clocks.
(4) Suicide only works when you're bluffing.
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| Linux Definitions: 721 of 1105 |
petribar:
Any sun-bleached prehistoric candy that has been sitting in
the window of a vending machine too long.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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Phases of a Project:
(1) Exultation.
(2) Disenchantment.
(3) Confusion.
(4) Search for the Guilty.
(5) Punishment for the Innocent.
(6) Distinction for the Uninvolved.
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| Linux Definitions: 723 of 1105 |
philosophy:
The ability to bear with calmness the misfortunes of our friends.
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| Linux Definitions: 724 of 1105 |
philosophy:
Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
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phosflink:
To flick a bulb on and off when it burns out (as if, somehow, that
will bring it back to life).
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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Pickle's Law:
If Congress must do a painful thing,
the thing must be done in an odd-number year.
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