| Linux People: 43 of 1231 |
According to the obituary notices, a mean and unimportant person never dies.
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| Linux People: 44 of 1231 |
Adam was but human--this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the
apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in
not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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| Linux People: 45 of 1231 |
Advice is a dangerous gift; be cautious about giving and receiving it.
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| Linux People: 46 of 1231 |
Advice to young men: Be ascetic, and if you can't be ascetic,
then at least be aseptic.
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| Linux People: 47 of 1231 |
After all, it is only the mediocre who are always at their best.
-- Jean Giraudoux
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| Linux People: 48 of 1231 |
After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party? Surely not for
you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply
sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
-- P.J. O'Rourke
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| Linux People: 49 of 1231 |
After living in New York, you trust nobody, but you believe everything.
Just in case.
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| Linux People: 50 of 1231 |
After Snow White used a couple rolls of film taking pictures of the
seven dwarfs, she mailed the roll to be developed. Later she was heard to
sing, "Some day my prints will come."
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| Linux People: 51 of 1231 |
Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.
-- Friedrich von Schiller, "The Maid of Orleans", III, 6
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| Linux People: 52 of 1231 |
Ah say, son, you're about as sharp as a bowlin' ball.
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