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• According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order.
  In truth, there are atoms and a void. -- Democritus, 400 B.C....
• In difficult ground, press on; In encircled ground, devise stratagem
  In death ground, fight. -- Sun Tzu, The Art of War (circa 400 B.C.)...
• Even a single hair casts its shadow. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 228
• Long live the ideals of Marxism-Lennonism! May the thoughts of Groucho and John guide us in word, thought, and deed!
• My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue
  but in deed and in truth. -- I. John 3:18...
• It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently.
  It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger....
• Few men have the natural strength to honour a friend's success without envy.
  ... I well know that mirror of friendship, shadow of a shade....
• Be prepared... that's the Boy Scout's solemn creed.
  Be prepared... to be clean in word and deed. Don't solicit for your sister, that's not nice, Unless you get a good percentage of her price ....