The former post was off topic and was thus removed as it was a violation of our
Great Books & Classics spirit. We are migrating to
registration-only forums at href=http://jollyrogerwest.com>jollyrogerwest.com Great Books forums,
Philosophy Forums,
and booksliterature.com Great Books forums.

Please respect that these are Great Books sites, and we prefer posts along the following
lines:

The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons. --EmersonHeroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense
that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!
--Albert Einstein

Recession is when a neighbour loses his job. Depression is when you lose
yours.
Ronald Reagan

CXXXIII



Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan

For that deep wound it gives my friend and me!

Is\'t not enough to torture me alone,

But slave to slavery my sweet\'st friend must be?

Me from myself thy cruel eye hath taken,

And my next self thou harder hast engross\'d:

Of him, myself, and thee I am forsaken;

A torment thrice three-fold thus to be cross\'d:

Prison my heart in thy steel bosom\'s ward, 

But then my friend\'s heart let my poor heart bail;

Whoe\'er keeps me, let my heart be his guard;

Thou canst not then use rigour in my jail:

  And yet thou wilt; for I, being pent in thee,

  Perforce am thine, and all that is in me.

 	--William Shakespeare