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• It was pity stayed his hand. "Pity I don't have any more bullets," thought Frito.
  -- Harvard Lampoon, "Bored of the Ring...
• Verily and forsooth, replied Goodgulf darkly. In the past year strange and fearful wonders I have seen.
  Fields sown with barley reap crabgrass and fungus, and even small gardens reject their artichoke hearts....
• Verily and forsooth," replied Goodgulf darkly. "In the past year strange and fearful wonders I have seen.
  Fields sown with barley reap crabgrass and fungus, and even small gardens reject their artichoke hearts....
• I cannot read the fiery letters," said Frito Bugger in a quavering voice.
  "No," said GoodGulf, "but I can. The letters are Elvish, of course, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here....
• It was such a lovely day I thought it was a pity to get up.
• Natural laws have no pity.