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#40140 09/01/01 02:26 AM
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One should not use the shotgun approach to creating maxims.



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And one should not use a Maxim machine gun to spell out his opinions.


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A maxim in nine saves time ...



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He is the fool who tries to outrun the sound of light.

Is he not a fool, then, if he tries to outrun the sound of heavy?

If at first you don't succeed, suc harder. If at first you don't succeed, perhaps it's a seedless variety.


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Beware of geeks wearing lifts


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CK says eight ninths of all maxims save no time.


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We had a similar part-thread last October -- to save overloading the search function, I modestly repeat my post:

One of the New Statesman competitions [in 1969] was to invent aphorisms or proverbs of a self-evident nature, the example being an Ashanti proverb "Do not rub bottoms with a porcupine".

Correspondents came up with the following [a selection only]:

He digs deepest who deepest digs.

He who has the biggest feet will cover the most ground.

A bird in a taxi's worth two in a bus.

If there's no lead in your pencil you don't need a rubber.


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"If there's no lead in your pencil you don't need a rubber."

If there's no lead in your pencil, you can't write. Or do much else.


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If there's no lead in your pencil you don't need a rubber.

This one might be taken a whole nother way by USns.


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