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 ==== Various Aphorisms ====
-**Science fiction Quotes and Proverbs**
+  * an "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times|Ancient Chinese curse]]": "May you live in interesting times"
+  * Sailing To Byzantium by Robert Silverberg:"He that is in the dance, must needs dance on, though he do but hop".
-  *Ancient Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times"
+  * Asimov: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic..."
-  *Sailing To Byzantium by Robert Silverberg:"He that is in the dance, must needs dance on, though he do but hop".
+  * "Fuck every cause that ends in murder and children crying" — Iain Banks, 1954-2013
-  *Asimov: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic..."
+  * "Tko se dima ne nadimi, taj se vatre ne nagrije" (eng. to get warm from the fire, you must suffer the smoke.)
+  * "Burrasca furiusa prestu passa." (eng. A furious storm passes quickly.)
+  * "Una bedda jurnata nun fa stati." (eng. One beautiful day doesn't make a summer.)