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• We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. French Proverb
• Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded. -- Virginia Woolf
• The deficiency will never show itself during the dry runs. -- Charles P. Boyle
• But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me.
  My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost....
• Marge: Well I never thought it would come to this, but I guess we'll have to sell Grandma's Civil War doll.
  Lisa: Oh Mom, are you sure you want to sell a family heirloom to pay _the gas_ bill?...
• While this accident in Alaska has shown the world that water and oil do not mix, I wonder how many have gotten the real message - that alcohol and water don't mix well, either?
• Plumber: Well, to be honest, I never got around to ordering that part for you, so, uh, it's still going to be a couple of weeks.
  Homer: [sly] Oh, really? Plumber: Yes... Home...
• When the well is dry, we know the worth of oil. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac
• Well, that was really `orrible.