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Uh-oh -- I've let the cat out of the bag.  Let me, then, straightforwardly
state the thesis I shall now elaborate: Making variations on a theme is
really the crux of creativity.
                -- Douglas R. Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas"

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
                -- e.e. cummings

Vila: "I think I have just made the biggest mistake of my life."

Orac: "It is unlikely.  I would predict there are far greater mistakes
      waiting to be made by someone with your obvious talent for it."

Violence stinks, no matter which end of it you're on.  But now and then
there's nothing left to do but hit the other person over the head with a
frying pan.  Sometimes people are just begging for that frypan, and if we
weaken for a moment and honor their request, we should regard it as
impulsive philanthropy, which we aren't in any position to afford, but
shouldn't regret it too loudly lest we spoil the purity of the deed.
                -- Tom Robbins

Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice -- only the willingness
to make it when necessary.
                -- Frederick Dunn

Virtue is its own punishment.
                -- Denniston

Righteous people terrify me ... virtue is its own punishment.
                -- Aneurin Bevan

Virtue is not left to stand alone.  He who practices it will have neighbors.
                -- Confucius

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
                -- La Rochefoucauld

Visits always give pleasure: if not on arrival, then on the departure.
                -- Edouard Le Berquier, "Pensees des Autres"

Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime.
For a first offense, that is.