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• One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus, tells of a thief who was to be executed.
  As he was taken away he made a bargain with the king...
• To be a real folk-song singer you have to collect the songs straight from the horse's mouth.
  The way to do this is to go to a village and find the oldest inhabitant and ask him to sing you the songs his mother taught me....
• It could be that Walter's horse has wings" does not imply that there is any such animal as Walter's horse, only that there could be
  but "Walter's horse is a thing which could have wings" does imply Walter's horse's existence....
• Remember that when you hear a horse, it might be a zebra.
• ROMANCE, n. Fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of Things as They Are.
  In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to probability, as a domestic horse to the hitching-post, but in romance it ranges at will over the entire region of the imagination -- free, lawless, immune to bit and rein....
• Long's Notes 1) Always store beer in a dark place.
  2) Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent....
• I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and by men who are equally certain that they represent the divine will.
  I am sure that either the one or the other is mistaken in the belief, and perhaps in some respects, both....
• There was a man who enjoyed playing golf, and could occasionallly put up with taking in a round with his wife.
  One time (with his wife along) he was having an extremely bad round....
• ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear.
  In Virginia City, Nevada, he is called the Washoe Canary, in Dakota, the Senator, and everywhere the Donkey....