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IN'ARDS, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels.
Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr....
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) Roman Orator, poet, statesman -- De Re Publica (54-51 B....
In a research and development orbit, only two of the existing three parameters can be defined simultaneously.
The parameters are: task, time, and resources....
In a restaurant with seats which are close to each other, one will always find the decibel level of the nearest conversation to be inversely proportional to the quality of the thought going into it.
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In arguing, too, the parson owned his skill, for even tho' vanquish'd he could argue still.
-- Oliver Goldsmith...
In art and in everything, the commentator is generally better informed and more lucid than the subject of commentary.
This is the advantage the murderer has over his victim. -- E.M. Ciora...
In art, there are tears that do lie too deep for thought. -- Louis Kronenberge
In a Russian tragedy, everybody dies. In a Russian comedy, everybody dies too.
But they die happy. -- Barry Farber, in the Journal of Petroleum Technology...
In a single day, Samson slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.
Every day, thousands of sales are killed with the same weapon....

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