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• There 's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.
  -- Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) -- Poor Jack...
• A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
  -- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Areopagitica...
• Dialing long distance wears you ou
• Learn of the skillful: he that teaches himself hath a fool for a master. -- Poor Richard
• Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master... -- Leonardo da Vinci
• Human life nearly resembles iron. When you use it, it wears out.
  When you don't, rust consumes it. -- Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 BC) -- Carmen de moribu...
• Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
  -- Herman Melville (1819-1891)...
• She wears a pony tail to cover up the valve stem.
• The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. Japanese Proverb