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Idleness, theft, and viciousness dishonor your mother who in pain bore you.
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No matter where Woody goes, he never seems to leave 1955.
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The language organ evolved on Tuesday; language was invented on Wednesday; and everyone else in the world was eliminated on Thursday.
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I kind of wonder if people who are outraged at the movie saw the originals when they were 13-years-olds and didn't realize that "cheesy" was registering as "awesome".
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A nation needs clear rules on what happens in the case of a disputed succession. Surely there's a Queen's Bedchamber Mace or someone who knows.
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If he met resistance he threw men at it; if the obstacle was insurmountable he went around it; if the odds were hopeless he trusted in God
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The invariable sign of doctrines invented by men is confusion, contradiction, absurdity, and obscenity
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How did an entire ecosystem develop around dungeon exploration?
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Words are devils, which may lead a man to pick up a sword; but they can never teach him to use it.
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It's a little too early to play curmudgeon and complain that the kids today don't have the patience to read long web pages.
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A good skeptical mind doesn't waste itself on drugs or ideology, and prefers to break the rules in our minds, in the form of humor, rather than in real life.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
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Zompist.com, also called The Metaverse, is a website created by Mark Rosenfelder aka Zompist, a conlanger. It features essays on comics, politics, language, and science, as well as a detailed description of Rosenfelder's conworld, Almea.
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