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He tricked me into marrying him. He told me I was pregnant. -- Carol Leife
He tried the luxury of doing good.
-- George Crabbe (1754-1832) -- Tales of the Hall, Book iii, Boys at School...
He trudg'd along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Cymon and Iphigenia, Line 84...
He turn'd him right and round about Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle reins a shake, With, "Adieu for evermore, my dear, And adieu for evermore.
-- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- A' for o...
Heuristic devices don't tell you when to stop. -- The Banana Principle
Heuristics are bug ridden by definition. If they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms.
He used to define justice as "a virtue of the soul distributing that which each person deserved.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...
He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Anarcharsis, v...
He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xvi...
He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any lette
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle, xi...

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