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To maintain a program is to treat it like a growing plant.
It avails nothing to pull and tug at a shoot in an attempt to make it grow faster....
To make a bank was a great plot of state; Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
-- Andrew Marvell (1620-1678) -- The Character of Holland...
To make a discovery takes long years, but thereafter it can be explained in the course of an hour.
-- Steno...
To make a fool develop It furthers one to apply discipline.
The fetters should be removed. To go on in this way brings humiliation....
To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist--the problem is entirely the same in both cases.
To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar. -- Oscar Wilde...
To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,-- That is the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
-- Robert Burns (1759-1796) -- Epistle to Dr. Blacklock...
To make a long story short... there's nothing like having the boss walk in.
To make it work, you have to DO the work.
To make Murphy's Law fail - try to prove it to someone.
To maken vertue of necessite. -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Knightes Tale, Line 3044

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