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• Incoming fire has the right of way. Murphy's Fourth Military Law
• Some people manage by the book while being completely ignorant of who wrote the book or what's in it.
  -- Theed's Fourth Law of Manageme...
• A fast and efficient time-sharing system isn't. -- Murphy's Ninth Law of Programming
• There are some things that are impossible to do, but it is impossible to know what they are.
  -- Corollary to Murphy's Law...
• Law of the Great Idea: The only time you come up with a great solution is after somebody else has solved the problem.
• If it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. -- Hill's Fourth Commentary on Murphy's Law
• His head, Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er, Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth, But strong for service still, and unimpair'd.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book ii, The Timepiece, Line 702...
• Murphy's (Fourth) Corollary: It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
• If a program is useless, it will have to be documented. -- The Fourth Law of Computer Programming