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When we talk of tomorrow, the gods laugh.
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our finger-tips will have been singed.
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out we do and they don't.
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.
-- H.L. Mencken, "Sententiae...
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crime
when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. -- Balzac...
When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all.
-- Roger Zelazny, "Doorways in the Sand...
When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere.
-- St. Ambrose...
When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut.
When you are working hard, get up and retch every so often.

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