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Dancing is silent poetry. (Simonides)

You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. (Leon Trotsky)

Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back. (Paul Erdos)

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. (Edsgar Dijkstra)

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. (Sherlock Holmes (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930))