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1.1 root 1: The great prince issues commands, founds states, vests families with fiefs.
2: Inferior people should not be employed.
3:
4: So many times those who have nothing to say
5: cannot be persuaded to remain silent.
6:
7: To pity is a degree of love.
8:
9: Love isn't that difficult--if it is,
10: then you are taking yourself too seriously.
11:
12: A nasty tongue is worse than a wicked hand--don't be destructive.
13:
14: Waiting in the mud brings about the arrival of the enemy.
15:
16: You called 529-4431.
17:
18: If pipes work, go to Le Francais. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200.
19:
20: It furthers one to see the great man.
21:
22: Please insert another quarter and try again.
23:
24: No mail.
25:
26: No 7mail.
27:
28: Why does the porridge bird lay its eggs in the air?
29:
30: Receipt being printed...
31: Pull out card and remove money.
32:
33: Even shadows have shadows.
34:
35: Yes fish think, but too slowly.
36:
37: This is much here to excite admiration and perplexity.
38:
39: Look afar and see the end from the beginning.
40:
41: Sic transit gloria mundi.
42:
43: Sic transit Gloria Vanderbilt for Murjani.
44:
45: Lasciate omni sperenza, ch'entrate.
46:
47: Lasciate omni sperenza, ch'entrate, and don't forget to wipe your feet.
48:
49: Computer Science -- solving today's problems tomorrow.
50:
51: Why is a raven like a writing desk?
52:
53: Quod nunc?
54:
55: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
56:
57: When I hear the word culture, I release the safety on my Browning.
58:
59: The patient man sits on his thumbs.
60:
61: The prudent man does not hold his breath.
62:
63: Yamata wasami shuza.
64:
65: Hit <enter> to exit.
66:
67: Let the wookie win.
68:
69: There is no 'try', only 'do'.
70:
71: We are what we do; consequently, excellence is not an act but a habit.
72: Aristotle
73:
74: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later -- F. Brooks.
75:
76: Cus error -- bore dumped.
77:
78: Every why hath a wherefore.
79:
80: Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view. -- John Gay (1727)
81:
82: Help me Obiwan Kenobi, you're my only hope.
83:
84: I see no fortune here.
85:
86: A little dwarf just walked around a corner, saw you, threw a little
87: axe at you which missed, cursed, and ran away.
88:
89: You can ask me for anything you like, except time.
90:
91: You can win friends and influence people.
92:
93: A dark-haired person will change your life.
94:
95: You'll be called to a post requiring high ability in handling groups of people.
96:
97: You have great inner strength.
98:
99: Look for someone as gay as you are.
100:
101: You may have to be patient now -- think, listen and heed signs.
102:
103: Tyger, tyger burning bright,
104: In the shadows of the night.
105: What immortal hand or eye
106: Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
107: Burma Shave
108:
109: Go to, let us confuse their language, that they may not understand one
110: another's speech. -- Genesis XI,7
111:
112: This garment inspected by number 17.
113:
114: You will have mail.
115:
116: It's coming up.
117:
118: You may be a bit tired, rest.
119:
120: It's one o'clock and time for lunch.
121: Dum de dum de dum ...
122:
123: One of t' flayrods gone out of skew on t' treadle.
124:
125: You are not expected to understand this.
126:
127: Can a dog simulate pain, or is it too honest?
128:
129: This is boring...
130:
131: Command buffer overflow
132:
133: On a clear disk you can seek forever.
134:
135: You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
136:
137: You are in a maze of twisty little sub-directories, all alike.
138:
139: Bus error -- core dumped
140:
141: My hovercraft is full of eels.
142:
143: The price of meat has just gone up,
144: and your old lady has just gone down...
145: Frank Zappa
146:
147: Don't eat the yellow snow.
148:
149: #define putc(c,fp) (--(fp)->_pc<0 ? (*(fp)->_pt)(c,fp) : (*(fp)->_cp++=c))
150:
151: How much would you pay for the secrets of the universe?
152: But wait!
153: You also get a combination spaghetti pot and clam steamer.
154: Now how much would you pay?
155:
156: The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them,
157: but to be indifferent to them,
158: that's the essence of inhumanity.
159:
160: Do not fog in this office only.
161:
162: And you may ask yourself, Well...how did I get here?
163:
164: The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.
165:
166: You can become more assertive in regard to job assignments and co-workers.
167:
168: Do not judge a man by his actions.
169:
170: Be sincere--even if you do not mean it.
171:
172: The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
173:
174: Lock up your daughters--Avon crawling.
175:
176: What is valuable is not new, but what is new is not valuable.
177:
178: If you map out a program, stick to it.
179:
180: Two things to aim for in life--to get what you want and enjoy it.
181:
182: Your expectations will be realised.
183:
184: When the fox preaches, beware of the geese.
185:
186: If you think you must find someone worthy of your love, you never will.
187:
188: Every man is a volume, if you know how to read him.
189:
190: Easier to rule a nation than a son.
191:
192: You will be answered with good luck.
193:
194: The near future holds a fine gift contentment.
195:
196: God helps those who help themselves.
197:
198: There are many chances in favor of it.
199:
200: Avoid being jealous of someone you care for.
201:
202: A company is known by the people it employs.
203:
204: Wealth awaits you in a land far from your birthplace.
205:
206: To prosper, step softly on new blades of grass.
207:
208: You will always be successful in your business or professional career.
209:
210: Happiness lies ahead.
211:
212: You have nail.
213:
214: You will live long and enjoy life.
215:
216: An early bird catches the worm.
217:
218: The early worm gets eaten.
219:
220: Don't be hasty prosperity will knock on U'r door soon.
221:
222: The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.
223:
224: Things are looking up in your emotional life.
225:
226: You are going to have a very comfortable old age.
227:
228: A delay may work out to your advantage.
229:
230: Turn your thoughts in another direction.
231:
232: A friend is better than a dollar.
233:
234: Your chopsticks will bring U good 4tune & full tummy.
235:
236: You have an active mind and a keen imagination.
237:
238: A member of your family will soon do something that will make you proud.
239:
240: You will receive an inheritance because of your kindness to others.
241:
242: Success depends upon hard work.
243:
244: Oil will be discovered in your backyard.
245:
246: Oil will be discovered in your backyard, and the taxes will bankrupt you.
247:
248: 71. Failure teaches success.
249:
250: You may have mail.
251:
252: You have both the desire and ability to express
253: your many talents and abilities.
254:
255: You can make a great impression on new acquaintances.
256:
257: An offer of a change which will prove most important to your future.
258:
259: The first forty years of life give us the text;
260: the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
261:
262: All your worries and troubles have gone forever.
263:
264: Confucius say:
265: All work and no play
266: make one rich.
267:
268: Your dearest wish will come true.
269:
270: What is valuable is not new
271: but what is new is not valuable.
272:
273: You're in the mood to explore new horizons.
274:
275: Stop searching happiness
276: it's just next to you.
277:
278: Smattering of everything and a
279: knowledge of nothing.
280:
281: while: not found
282:
283: You can't teach ducks to dance.
284:
285: Gone today, gone tomorrow.
286:
287: Whiskey is just God's way of making sure the Irish never rule the world.
288:
289: Whatever you have lost will be found but not for a while.
290:
291: You will receive a legacy which will place you above want.
292:
293: In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements,
294: must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage. -- Mao Tse-Tung
295:
296: What we need is an enthusiastic but calm state of mind and
297: intense but orderly work. -- Mao Tse-Tung
298:
299: The thing you fear most will happen sooner than you'd like.
300:
301: Problems worthy of attack
302: Prove their worth by hitting back. -- Piet Hein
303:
304: Naive you are
305: If you believe
306: Life favours those
307: Who aren't naive.
308:
309: You have m.
310:
311: why not: found
312:
313: Core error -- bus dumped.
314:
315: A bird in the hand makes it awfully hard to blow your nose.
316:
317: If people listened to themselves more often, they'd talk less.
318:
319: Today's newspapers will be wrapping tomorrow's fish.
320:
321: Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darueber muss man schweigen. -- Wittgenstein
322:
323: The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.
324:
325: I work--other people call it art.
326:
327: Chinese poets talk Chinese, but what do they say?
328:
329: I feel discomfort, therefore I am alive.
330:
331: Your silliness has been noted.
332:
333: Tell me, tell me... tell me about subscriber trunk switching.
334:
335: )"%$#[[*!): missing '^' in asynchronous pipe indirection
336:
337: Your mind is creative, original, and alert.
338:
339: Prosimy nie zdusic dziecko!
340:
341: Somebody sure cut thu that fence, aright.
342:
343: Hah!
344:
345: To an expert there are few possibilities, but to a beginner there are many.
346:
347: Please fasten seat belts.
348:
349: dog: /usr/stuff: no such file or directory
350:
351: A knife with no blade for which there is no handle.
352:
353: Between today and this date next year you will grow older.
354:
355: It will mark the start of a lucky phase in your life.
356:
357: New exclusive opportunities will be presented to you.
358:
359: Successful business operations and affections rewarded.
360:
361: You have to struggle to convince her. Be patient. Success lies ahead.
362:
363: This person is serious and true and deserves to be respected.
364:
365: To see once is better than to hear a dozen times.
366:
367: Horn works--try your lights.
368:
369: ...and there was Hermann Hesse, sitting right in front of me, smoking a pipe!
370:
371: Many common beginner "errors" are not considered errors by the system; they
372: just invoke hitherto unexplored features of the language.
373:
374: A closed mouth gathers no foot.
375:
376: May the Force be with you.
377:
378: May the Farce be with you.
379:
380: One man's constant is another man's variable.
381:
382: Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.
383:
384: It is easier to write an incorrect program than to understand a correct one.
385:
386: Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
387:
388: A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
389:
390: But who will drive the tanker?
391:
392: To kidnap a kzin is probably a mistake..
393:
394: It's hard to fix something when it's working.
395:
396: Kiss your lover today.
397:
398: Have you hugged your sweetie today?
399:
400: How many feminists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
401: That's not funny!
402:
403: de gustibus non est disputandum
404:
405: perfidium est bono
406:
407: Some men are discovered; others are found out.
408:
409: Words must be weighed, not counted.
410:
411: By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
412:
413: He who spends a storm beneath a tree, takes life with a grain of TNT.
414:
415: You attempt things that you do not even plan because of your extreme stupidity.
416:
417: Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.
418:
419: Words are the voice of the heart.
420:
421: Your mind understands what you have been taught; your heart, what is true.
422:
423: A king's castle is his home.
424:
425: He who has a shady past knows that nice guys finish last.
426:
427: The universe is laughing behind your back.
428:
429: The best prophet of the future is the past.
430:
431: It is a poor judge who cannot award a prize.
432:
433: Even the boldest zebra fears the hungry lion.
434:
435: Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
436:
437: Money may buy friendship but money can not buy love.
438:
439: Might as well be frank, monsieur.
440: It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca.
441:
442: Creditors have much better memories than debtors.
443:
444: Many pages make a thick book.
445:
446: Every purchase has its price.
447:
448: Do not underestimate the power of the Force.
449:
450: You will step on the night soil of many countries.
451:
452: Mind your own business, Spock. I'm sick of your halfbreed interference.
453:
454: He who invents adages for others to peruse takes along rowboat
455: when going on cruise.
456:
457: Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.
458:
459: If you suspect a man, don't employ him.
460:
461: The Tree of Learning bears the noblest fruit, but noble fruit tastes bad.
462:
463: Stop searching forever. Happiness is unattainable.
464:
465: A man who fishes for marlin in ponds will put his money in Etruscan bonds.
466:
467: A good memory does not equal pale ink.
468:
469: How sharper than a hound's tooth it is to have a thankless serpent.
470:
471: You dialed 5483
472:
473: It's later than you think.
474:
475: Mistakes are oft the stepping stones to failure.
476:
477: It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
478:
479: Promptness is its own reward, if one lives by the clock instead of the sword.
480:
481: Like winter snow on summer lawn, time past is time gone.
482:
483: Far duller than a serpent's tooth it is to spend a quiet youth.
484:
485: Let not the sands of time get into your lunch.
486:
487: The attacker must vanquish; the defender need only survive.
488:
489: Standing on head makes smile of frown, but rest of face also upside down.
490:
491: Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the Czar won't see his face.
492:
493: Man's horizons are bounded by his vision.
494:
495: To criticize the incompetent is easy;
496: it is more difficult to criticize the competent.
497:
498: He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
499:
500: Men seldom show dimples to girls who have pimples.
501:
502: Troglodytism does not necessarily imply a low cultural level.
503:
504: You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.
505:
506: As goatherd learns his trade by goat, so writer learns his trade by wrote.
507:
508: One man tells a falsehood, a hundred repeat it as true.
509:
510: Crazee Edeee, his prices are INSANE!!!
511:
512: It is better to wear out than to rust out.
513:
514: When the wind is great, bow before it; when the wind is heavy, yield to it.
515:
516: The wise shepherd never trusts his flock to a smiling wolf.
517:
518: It is the wise bird who builds his nest in a tree.
519:
520: How you look depends on where you go.
521:
522: A plucked goose doesn't lay golden eggs.
523:
524: A man who turns green has eschewed protein.
525:
526: Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
527:
528: Even a hawk is an eagle among crows.
529:
530: Even the smallest candle burns brighter in the dark.
531:
532: People who take cat naps don't usually sleep in a cat's cradle.
533:
534: A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a Unicorn.
535:
536: Do not clog intellect's sluices with bits of knowledge of questionable uses.
537:
538: Let him who takes the Plunge remember to return it by Tuesday.
539:
540: Try to divide your time evenly to keep others happy.
541:
542: You have mail.
543:
544: His heart was yours from the first moment that you met.
545:
546: Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
547:
548: Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
549:
550: With clothes the new are best, with friends the old are best.
551:
552: He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
553:
554: Beware of a dark-haired man with a loud tie.
555:
556: Today is the last day of your life so far.
557:
558: Flee at once, all is discovered.
559:
560: Man who falls in vat of molten optical glass makes spectacle of self.
561:
562: Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
563:
564: For a good time, call 836-3100.
565:
566: Those who can, do; those who can't, simulate.
567:
568: Those who can, do; those who can't, write.
569: Those who can't write work for the Bell Labs Record.
570:
571: God does not play dice.
572:
573: This fortune is inoperative. Please try another.
574:
575: Laugh, and the world ignores you. Crying doesn't help either.
576:
577: No amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.
578:
579: You will feel hungry again in another hour.
580:
581: You now have Asian Flu.
582:
583: God made the integers; all else is the work of Man.
584:
585: Disk crisis, please clean up!
586:
587: You auto buy now.
588:
589: Many are called, few are chosen. Fewer still get to do the choosing.
590:
591: Try the Moo Shu Pork. It is especially good today.
592:
593: Many are cold, but few are frozen.
594:
595: The early worm gets the bird.
596:
597: He who hesitates is sometimes saved.
598:
599: Time is nature's way of making sure that everything doesn't happen at once.
600:
601: The future isn't what it used to be. (It never was.)
602:
603: Can't open /usr/games/lib/fortunes.
604:
605: If God had wanted you to go around nude, He would have given you bigger hands.
606:
607: It is better to have loved and lost than just to have lost.
608:
609: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance from Sam.
610:
611: Disk crunch - please clean up.
612:
613: General Meeting at 4pm in Conference Room 2
614:
615: I will never lie to you.
616:
617: Spock: We suffered 23 casualties in that attack, Captain.
618:
619: Your computer account is overdrawn. Please reauthorize.
620:
621: 1 bulls, 3 cows
622:
623: It's hard to get ivory in Africa, but in Alabama the Tuscaloosa.
624:
625: Waste not, get your budget cut next year.
626:
627: Old MacDonald had an agricultural real estate tax abatement.
628:
629: Snow Day - stay home.
630:
631: Save gas, don't eat beans.
632:
633: All that glitters has a high refractive index.
634:
635: Ignore previous fortune.
636:
637: When in doubt, lead trump.
638:
639: 23. ... r-q1
640:
641: unix soit qui mal y pense
642:
643: Even a cabbage may look at a king.
644:
645: Honi soit la vache qui rit.
646:
647: No directory
648:
649: One COHERENT System - it works.
650:
651: One UNIX System - it sometimes works.
652:
653: * COHERENT is a Trademark of Mark Williams.
654:
655: * UNIX is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories.
656:
657: chess tonight
658:
659: External Security:
660:
661: Peter's hungry, time to eat lunch.
662:
663: MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING
664:
665: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
666:
667: IOT trap -- core dumped
668:
669: IOT trap -- mos dumped
670:
671: /usr/news/gotcha
672:
673: Rotten wood can not be carved - Confucius (Analects, Book 5, Ch. 9)
674:
675: System going down at 1:45 this afternoon for disk crashing.
676:
677: : is not an identifier
678:
679: Quantity is no substitute for quality, but its the only one we've got.
680:
681: Those who can do, those who can't, write.
682:
683: The more things change, the more they'll never be the same again.
684:
685: New crypt. See /usr/news/crypt.
686:
687: You might have mail.
688:
689: You can't go home again, unless you set $HOME
690:
691: To him that can take all you have, give what he asks.
692:
693: Think much, speak little, write less.
694:
695: It's hard to fix something when it's working.
696:
697: A runaway nun never speaks well of her convent.
698:
699: Contact has been made.
700:
701: Half a brain is enough for him who says little.
702:
703: He that is a donkey and believes himself a deer
704: finds out his mistake at the leaping of the ditch.
705:
706: I declare the dawning of a new golden age of prosperity.
707:
708: If one is not extremely careful,
709: somebody may come up from behind and strike him.
710: Misfortune.
711:
712: Let them eat cookies.
713:
714: Misfortune.
715:
716: Mud is slipping through the intake valve.
717:
718: Never let people see the bottom of your purse nor the back of your mind.
719:
720: Teaching a pig to sing wastes your time and only annoys the pig.
721:
722: To err is human/The air is humid.
723:
724: You are contemplating some action which will bring credit upon you.
725:
726: You are contemplating some action which will bring creditors upon you.
727:
728: You are contemplative and analytical by nature.
729:
730: You incompentent lice; you mindless crawling dogs.
731:
732: You man have to be patient now -- think, listen and heed signs.
733:
734: Your last gessage was mighly harbled.
735:
736: God is real, unless declared integer.
737:
738: Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not
739: truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music.
740: Music is the best.
741:
742: Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks. -- Dennis Ritchie
743:
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