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• There is no power without arrogance, however subtle.
• The IRS has become morally corrupted by the enormous power which we in Congress have unwisely entrusted to it.
  Too often it acts like a Gestapo preying upon defenseless citizens. -- Senator Edward V. Long...
• They are too green," he said, "and only good for fools.
  -- J. de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Fox and the Grapes, Book iii, Fable 11...
• Habits may be good or they may be bad. At first, they are like cobwebs.
  Later, they become cables. A snake may change his skin....
• In fact, I think Linus's [= Linus Torvalds'] cleverest and most consequential hack was not the construction of the Linux kernel itself, but rather his invention of the Linux development model.
  When I expressed this opinion in his presence once, he smiled and quietly repeated something he has often said...
• Man was born to love-- Though often he has sought Like Icarus, to fly to high.
  And far too lonely than he ought To kiss the sun of east and west And hold the world at his behest-- To hold the terrible power To whom only gods are blessed-- But me I am just a man....
• A little humility is arrogance. -- Bill Gray
• A pitcher that goes to a well too often is broken first.
• If you save the world too often, it begins to expect it.