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• Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
  -- Joseph Heller, "Catch-22...
• Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
  -- Joseph Heller, "Catch-22...
• But be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Twelfth Night -- Act ii, Sc. 5...
• Some people are born to write FORTRAN, others aspire to write FORTRAN, but most have writing FORTRAN thrust upon them.
• It is flattering some men to endure them.
• Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperment and health.
  Some men are born old, and some never grow so. -- Tryon Edward...
• Some men are wise, and some are otherwise.
• Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel
  and fitter for new projects than for settled business....