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Subject: Re: [Off topic] Software epigrams
Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 10:56:39 -0400
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On Mon, May 13, 2013, at 05:20 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> My, it's been a long time since I've seen these:
> 
> http://pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html
> 
> They pre-date the Zen of Python by at least a decade, and quite frankly I 
> think many of them miss the mark. But whether you agree or disagree with 
> them, they're worth reading.

Yes, they're all over the place, but worth reading.  My favorite is:

101: Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also
easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.