The World According To Spock

"In the strict scientific sense
we all feed on death,... even
vegetarians."

-- Spock,
from "Wolf in the Fold"
stardate 3615.4



The World According To Spock
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All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
(All that Glitters is not Gold.)

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
(Beggars cannot be choosers.)

Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
(Dead men tell no tales.)

Neophite's serendipity.
(Beginner's luck.)

A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of
small, green, biophytic plant.
(A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss.)

Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.
(Birds of a feather flock together.)

Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
(Beauty is only skin-deep.)

Freedom from incrustations of crime is proximal to rectitude.
(Cleanliness is next to Godliness.)

It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed
lacteal fluid.
(There's no sense crying over spilt milk.)

Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
(Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child.)

The stylus is more potent than the rapier.
(The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.)

It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine
with innovative maneuvers.
(You cant teach an Old Dog new Tricks.)

Surveillance should precede saltation.
(Look before you leap.)

Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.
(Twinkle twinkle little star)

The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby
the optimal cachinnation.
(He who laughs the last, laughs the best.)

Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of 
hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
(All work and No Play makes Jack a dull boy.)

Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would
be advised to refrain from catapulting petrious projectiles.
(Those who live Glass Houses should cast no stones.)

Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited 
carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.
(Where there is smoke, there will be fire.)

No remittance is given for actions which are taken counter to the
codified body of juris prudence.
(Crime doesn't pay.)