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The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea
And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free....
The mountains, too, at a distance appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand, they are rough.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pyrrho, ix...
The mountains will be in labour; an absurd mouse will be born.
-- Horace (65-8 BC) -- Ars Poetica, 139...
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Wife of Bath, Her Prologue, Line 298...
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
-- George Herbert (1593-1633) -- Jacula Prudentum...
The movement of heaven is full of power. Thus the superior man makes himself strong and untiring.
The Movie Hero's Ten Commandments: 1. A man stands alone.
2. A man stands by his friends. 3. A man protects his family....
The movie St. Elmo's Fire was made to prove to us that each and every one of us can feel the urge to strangle people.
The moving cat sheds, and having shed, moves on...
The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on.

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