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• The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves o
  or all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it....
• The Moving Finger writes; and having writ, Moves o
  or all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it....
• Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.
  Nor public flame nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine!...
• The moving finger writhes and, having writhed, moves on.
• Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul, and never forget to have a penny, when all thy expenses are enumerated and paid
  hen shall thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crow...
• In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou 'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
  -- Joseph Addison (1672-1719) -- Spectator, No. 68...
• Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ, The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Table Talk, Line 542...
• Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owedst yesterday.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello -- Act iii, Sc. 3...
• Digiterata: WHEN THEY HIT; ACCEPT THEM KINDLY AND KICK NEITHER THE CAT
  THE CHILD; NOR THE SPOUSE. THEY MAY ALL KICK BACK....