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Delay not, Caesar. Read it instantly. -- Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" 3,1 Here is a letter, read it at your leisure.
-- Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice" 5,1 [Quoted in "VMS Internals and Da...
Deliberate provocation of mystical experience, particularly by LSD and related hallucinogens, in contrast to spontaneous visionary experiences, entails dangers that must not be underestimated.
Practi...
DELIBERATION: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Deliver yesterday, code today, think tomorrow.
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.
Democracy becomes a government of bullies, tempered by editors. -- Ralph Waldo Emerso
Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management.
-- Senator Soape...
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
-- G.B. Shaw...
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
-- Laurence J. Pete...

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