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• Man is a make-believe animal - he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
  William Hazli...
• Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt.
  But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds....
• The truly generous is the truly wise; And he loves not others, lives unblest. -- Horace
• Jacques: First, you must get to know your lane. Feel the slickness, feel the slippery finish.
  Caresses it, experience it. Quite smooth, isn't it?...
• Like a young eagle who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom, See their own feathers pluck'd to wing the dart Which rank corruption destines for their heart.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Corruptio...
• Once, I read that a man be never stronger than when he truly realizes how weak he is.
  -- Jim Starlin, "Captain Marvel #31...
• Burns: Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam by aeromail.
  Am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro? Kid: Uh, I better look in the manual....
• And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.
  -- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Ill Ome...