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Originally posted by BrianR
To paraphrase Sir Walter Raleigh:
"Contemplating one's own death focuses the mind wonderfully."
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And I'm even more sure that someone else will correct me before the ink on their screen is dry.
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"Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a
fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."
Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson", Sept. 19, 1777 entry
Another good one from the same source: "Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."