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• The first who was king was a fortunate soldier: Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Merope, Act i, Sc. 3...
• He serves me most who serves his country best.
  -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book x, Line 201...
• Homer: This isn't fair! How can you tell who's sane and who's insane?
  Doctor: Well, we have a very simple method. [stamps his hand, `INSANE'] Whoever has that stamp on his hand is insane....
• In this country [England] it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Candide, Chap. xxiii...
• The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato - the only good belonging to him is underground.
  -- Sir Thomas Overbury...
• Whoever has the most when he dies... WINS!
• There is a certain triumph in well-considered monotony -- Voltaire on COBOL
• It is indeed desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. -- Plutarch
• Whoever admits that he is too busy to improve his methods has acknowledged himself to be at the end of his rope.
  And that is always the saddest predicament which anyone can get into. -- J. Ogden Armou...