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• A dead man cannot bite. -- Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey)
• A dead dog cannot bite.
• Bones: "The man's DEAD, Jim!
• Treading. Treading upon the tail of the tiger. It does not bite the man. Success.
• It was as small as the hope in a dead man's eyes.
• Silmarillion: Worst book by a dead man.
• Genius is the talent of a man who is dead.
• Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.
  -- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Pompey...
• Nelson: [to a kid] Bite me. [to Janey] Cram it.
  [to Ralph] You're dead. [to Mrs. Krabappel] Get bent, Ma'am....