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• The nearer to the church, the further from God. -- John Heywood
• Nearby my blankets beckon with promises of warm, cozy dreams.
  Nearer still, my computer beckons with threats of catastrophe at work. Sleep can wait....
• The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.
• I give thee all,--I can no more, Though poor the off'ring be
  My heart and lute are all the store That I can bring to thee....
• With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
  -- Book of Common Prayer -- Solemnization of Matrimony...
• Lord, for give all my little jokes on Thee, And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
  -- Robert Frost?...
• Love's Drug My love is like an iron wand That conks me on the head
  My love is like the valium That I take before my bed, My love is like the pint of scotch That I drink when I be dry...
• My love is like an iron wand That conks me on the head, My love is like the valium That I take before my bed, My love is like the pint of scotch That I drink when I be dry
  And I shall love thee still, my dear, Until my wife is wise. -- Love's Drug...