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• Poor Tom 's a-cold. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iii, Sc. 4
• If a person feels he can't communicate, the least he can do is shut up about it. -- Tom Lehre
• Once upon a time, there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter.
  However, soon after the weather turned cold, the sparrow changed his mind and reluctantly started to fly south....
• Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. -- Tom Robbi
• To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.
  -- Tom Brown (1663-1704) -- Laconic...
• I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up. -- Tom Lehre
• When people have trouble communicating, the least they can do is to shut up. -- Tom Lehre
• Pity the poor corpuscle, for he labors in vein.