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• Luposchainsky's Hurry-Up-And-Wait Principle: If you're early, it'll be cancelled.
  If you knock yourself out to be on time, you will have to wait....
• And when with envy Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You 'll in your girls again be courted, And I 'll go wooing in my boys.
  -- Thomas Percy (1728-1811) -- Winifreda (1720)...
• You 're our enemy; lead the way, and we 'll precede.
  -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) -- The Rivals, Act v, Sc. 1...
• We 'll have a swashing and a martial outside, As many other mannish cowards have.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), As You Like It -- Act i, Sc. 3...
• I 'll charm the air to give a sound, While you perform your antic round.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act iv, Sc. 1...
• Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I 'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), As You Like It -- Act iii, Sc. 2...
• I 'll warrant him heart-whole. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), As You Like It -- Act iv, Sc.
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• All persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental, and should not be construed.
  -- Kurt Vonnegut 117. A faithful dog will always stay with you And laugh with you --or cry-- He'll gladly starve to stay with you Nor ever reason why....
• Whistle, and she 'll come to you. -- Beaumont and Fletcher -- Wit Without Money, Act iv, Sc. 4