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The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
The reward of energy, enterprise and thrift - is taxes. -- W. Feathe
There was a blithe certainty that came from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging tenuously to the page, a gossamer web.
They seemed insubstantial...
There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.
-- C. S. Lewis, "The Chronicles of Narnia...
There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Julius Caesar -- Act i, Sc. 2...
There was a general whisper, toss, and wriggle, But etiquette forbade them all to giggle. -- Byro
There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the river Dee
He worked and sung from morn till night: No lark more blithe than he....
There was a laughing devil in his sneer.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- The Corsair, Canto i, Stanza 9...
There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Little Man and Little Soul...
There was all the world and his wife.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Polite Conversation, Dialogue iii...

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