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The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything.
The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing. -- Jean Cocteau
The speed of exit of a civil servant is directly proportional to the quality of his service.
-- Ralph Nader, "The Spoiled System...
The speed of light is defined to be EXACTLY 299,792,458 meters per second.
The speed of time is one second per second.
The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Essay on Man, Epistle i, Line 217...
The spinsters and the knitters in the sun And the free maids that weave their thread with bones Do use to chant i
it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. -- Wil...
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -- New Testament -- Matthew xxvi, 41
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is always right.
-- Judge Learned Hand...
The spirit of Plato dies hard.

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