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Whenever two hypotheses cover the facts, use the simpler of the two.
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity.
But this means we then give a...
When everyone *is* out to get you, being paranoid isn't going to help.
When everyone thinks alike, then everyone is stupid.
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
-- Epictetu...
Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.
-- Thomas Jefferso...
Whenever you cut your fingernails, you will find a need for them an hour later. -- Witten's Law
Whenever you drop your equipment in a fire-fight, your ammo and grenades always fall the farthest away, and your canteen always lands at your feet.
-- Murphy's Military Laws, #55...
Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss. Whenever you are low on ammo, you can't hit the broad side of a barn.
-- Murphy's Military Laws, #34...

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