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The makers may make, And the users may use, But the fixers must fix With but minimal clues.
The man she had was kind and clean And well enough for every day, But oh, dear friends, you should have seen The one that got away.
-- Dorothy Parker, "The Fisherwoma...
The Man Who Almost Invented The Vacuum Cleaner The man officially credited with inventing the vacuum cleaner is Hubert Cecil Booth.
However, he got the idea from a man who almost invented it. I...
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd.
The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been....
The man who has never been flogged has never been taught. -- Menande
The man who laughs has not yet been told the terrible news. -- Bertolt Brech
The man who raises a fist has run out of ideas. -- H.G. Wells, "Time After Time
The man who runs may fight again. -- Menande
The man who sees, on New Year's day, Mount Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant is forever blessed.
-- Old Japanese proverb...
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.
-- Mark Twai...

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