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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

innovate, v.:
        To annoy people.
Speak roughly to your little boy,
        And beat him when he sneezes:
He only does it to annoy
        Because he knows it teases.
        Wow!  wow!  wow!

I speak severely to my boy,
        And beat him when he sneezes:
For he can thoroughly enjoy
        The pepper when he pleases!
        Wow!  wow!  wow!
                -- Lewis Carrol, "Alice in Wonderland"
People who think they know everything greatly annoy those of us who do.
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