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In the winter you lose your body; in the summer you lose your mind.
In the words of the car dealers "they all do that".
In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.
-- H.A. K...
In the worlds before monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order, but the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.
The four lands formed again and yet again, as endless eons wheeled...
In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants and the other is getting it.
-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)...
In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle iii, Line 299...
In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft.
In the youth of a state arms do flourish; in the middle age of a state, learning
and then both of them together for a time; in the declining age of a state, mechanical arts and merchandise....
In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
-- H.W. Beeche...
In things that a man would not be seen in himself, it is a point of cunning to borrow the name of the world
as to say, "The world says," or "There is a speech abroad." -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) ...

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