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• Whom the gods love die young," was said of yore.
  -- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Don Juan, Canto iv, Stanza 12...
• Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising. -- Cyril Connolly
• Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding. -- Seneca
• Whom the gods would destroy, they first teach BASIC.
• Whom the gods would destroy, they first teach Windows...
• Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
• In those whom I like, I can find no common denominato
  in those whom I love I can: they all make me laugh. -- W. H. Auden (1907-1973) - American poe...
• Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
  -- Edward Young (1684-1765) -- Love of Fame, Satire i, Line 89...