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  -- Dante (1265-1321), Inferno, Canto v, Line 121 There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery....
• The wretched souls of those who lived Without or praise or blame.
  -- Dante (1265-1321) -- Hell, Canto iii, Line 34...
• I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high
  I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky...
• Remember the good old days, when CPU was singular?
• As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity.
  We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us....
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• Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
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• Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Rape of the Lock, Canto v, Line 34...