Any reform must be accounted a success which does not have an effect exactly the opposite of that intended.

"How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are 3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand, who could forget that, to within half a percent, pi seconds is a nanocentury."
Tom Duff, Bell Labs

That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.

Is it time for your medication or mine?

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