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author | tg <tg@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-07 13:47:22 +0000 |
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committer | tg <tg@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-07 13:47:22 +0000 |
commit | 139342447557afcb08884c0f6deb0eaa5c1dd17d (patch) | |
tree | 3a8189021c28522dace0457a5e909b871e5ee18a /games | |
parent | f00af07257a0fe356ffacc56d363c4b99fc4c205 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-139342447557afcb08884c0f6deb0eaa5c1dd17d.zip FreeBSD-src-139342447557afcb08884c0f6deb0eaa5c1dd17d.tar.gz |
Clean up G. B. Shaw quotes:
- fix missing punctuation,
- remove duplicates in fortunes2,
- don't abbreviate first names.
Remove duplication of Shaw's principle in fortunes2.
Diffstat (limited to 'games')
-rw-r--r-- | games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 | 58 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 65 deletions
diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index e313fca..f0cb504 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ A fool must now and then be right by chance. % A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. - -- G. B. Shaw + -- George Bernard Shaw % A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an @@ -3148,7 +3148,7 @@ aloud what the country could do under first-class management. % Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - -- G. B. Shaw + -- George Bernard Shaw % Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. @@ -6097,7 +6097,7 @@ was to go away." "I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like." % I often quote myself; it adds spice to my conversation. - -- G. B. Shaw + -- George Bernard Shaw % "I only touch base with reality on an as-needed basis!" -- Royal Floyd Mengot (Klaus) @@ -9229,7 +9229,7 @@ NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Guiseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GUISEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right. - -- G. B. Shaw, "The Man of Destiny" + -- George Bernard Shaw, "The Man of Destiny" % Nasrudin called at a large house to collect for charity. The servant said "My master is out." Nasrudin replied, "Tell your master that next @@ -12501,7 +12501,7 @@ symposium to follow. % The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. - -- G. B. Shaw + -- George Bernard Shaw % The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men. @@ -13906,8 +13906,8 @@ home." -- Ken Olson, President of DEC, World Future Society Convention, 1977 % -There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it - -- G. B. Shaw +There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. + -- George Bernard Shaw % There is no substitute for good manners, except, perhaps, fast reflexes. diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 index b0e4ede..3b44837 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2 @@ -6354,10 +6354,6 @@ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant. % -A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into -superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. - -- G.B. Shaw -% A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used. -- D. Gries % @@ -14325,10 +14321,6 @@ Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management. -- Senator Soaper % -Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the -incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - -- G.B. Shaw -% Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. -- Laurence J. Peter @@ -14913,10 +14905,6 @@ Don't despise your poor relations, they may become suddenly rich one day. Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time. -- Lt. Col. Ollie North % -Don't do unto others as you would they should do unto you. -Their tastes may not be the same. - -- G.B. Shaw -% Don't drink when you drive -- you might hit a bump and spill it. % Don't drop acid -- take it pass/fail. @@ -18605,12 +18593,6 @@ Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. -- J.R.R. Tolkien % -Go on writing plays, my boy. One of these days a London producer will go -into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this -morning?" and when she says "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to -start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy. - -- G.B. Shaw to William Douglas Home -% Go out and tell a lie that will make the whole family proud of you. -- Cadmus, to Pentheus, in "The Bacchae" by Euripides % @@ -21729,12 +21711,6 @@ I don't wish to appear overly inquisitive, but are you still alive? I dote on his very absence. -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice" % -I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on -earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has -succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a -goal in front and not behind. - -- George Bernard Shaw -% I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean Nathan % @@ -27270,11 +27246,6 @@ when you know nothing about the problem. % It is much harder to find a job than to keep one. % -It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be privileged -to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to corrupt the -youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles. - -- George Bernard Shaw -% It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children. -- Kingsley Amis % @@ -32200,13 +32171,6 @@ Madam, I'm Adam. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. -- The Mad Palindromist % -NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Guiseppe? - Everything he says is wrong. -GUISEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, - and then everything he says will be right. - - -- G.B. Shaw -% narcolepulacyi, n: The contagious action of yawning, causing everyone in sight to also yawn. @@ -39055,10 +39019,6 @@ Shannon's Observation share, n: To give in, endure humiliation. % -Shaw's Principle: - Build a system that even a fool can use, - and only a fool will want to use it. -% She always believed in the old adage -- leave them while you're looking good. -- Anita Loos, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" @@ -42236,10 +42196,6 @@ The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. -- Oscar Wilde, "A Woman of No Importance" % -The English have no respect for their language, -and will not teach their children to speak it. - -- G.B. Shaw -% The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it. -- James Agate, British film and drama critic @@ -44828,11 +44784,6 @@ is that the experience makes you wise. The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. % -The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one -persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress -depends on the unreasonable man. - -- George Bernard Shaw -% The reasons that each of these countries has had to renege on its financial committments were all somewhat different: Argentina because of a war, Poland because of its vast misguided overinvestment in heavy @@ -46732,9 +46683,6 @@ There is no royal road to geometry. % There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. % -There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. - -- G.B. Shaw -% There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity. -- General Douglas MacArthur % @@ -52199,12 +52147,6 @@ When there is an old maid in the house, a watch dog is unnecessary. When things go well, expect something to explode, erode, collapse or just disappear. % -When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, -most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear -that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition -continuously until death do them part. - -- George Bernard Shaw -% When users see one GUI as beautiful, other user interfaces become ugly. When users see some programs as winners, |