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• He who fights the devil with his own weapons, must not wonder if he finds him an overmatch.
  -- South...
• 6) Men employees will be given time off each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if they go regularly to church.
  (7) After an employee has spent his thirteen hours of labor in the office, he should spend the remaining time reading the Bible and other good books....
• BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think what we think.
  That which distinguishes the man who is content to _be_ something from the man who wishes to _do_ something....
• He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 598...
• COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedne
  and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples....
• When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• Who is wise? He who learns from everyone. Who is powerful?
  He who governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content....
• Once upon a time, there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter.
  However, soon after the weather turned cold, the sparrow changed his mind and reluctantly started to fly south....