"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." _ Sigmund Freud
 
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        We will occasionally use this arrow notation unless there is danger of
              no confusion.
        _ Ronald Graham, "Rudiments of Ramsey Theory"
 
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       I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance
in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a
most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted,
baked, or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a
fricassee, or a ragout.
        _ Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal"
 
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        Over the past ten years, for the first time, intelligence had
become socially correct for girls.
        _ Tom Wolfe, "Bonfire of the Vanities"
 
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        He, in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would
have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.
        _ Henry Fielding, "Jonathan Wild"
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In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, it's often useful to have a nice,
solid piece of wood in your hands.
        _ Ian Faith, manager of Spinal Tap
 
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All obvious theorems are true.
        _ Pommersheim's Principle
 
All true theorems are obvious.
        _ Keane's Kriterion
 

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