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• You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down.
  -- Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad...
• Throw yourself on the floor, so I don't have to beat you down!
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• You must climb the mountain if you would see the plain. Chinese Proverb
• Homer: "Vent radioactive gas?" [types] Y E S. "Sound alertness horn?
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• You don't need a lid on a basket of crabs. If one of them tries to climb out, the others will pull it back down.
  -- Solomon Sho...