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William Safire's Rules for Writers: Remember to never split an infinitive.
The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form....
Williams and Holland's Law: If enough data is collected, anything may be proven by statistical methods.
Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.
Wit, n.: The salt with which the American Humorist spoils his cookery .
.. by leaving it out. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
With a gentleman I try to be a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
-- Otto von Bismark...
With a rubber duck, one's never alone. -- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
With all the fancy scientists in the world, why can't they just once build a nuclear balm?
Without ice cream life and fame are meaningless.
Wombat's Laws of Computer Selection: (1) If it doesn't run Unix, forget it.
(2) Any computer design over 10 years old is obsolete....

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