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- - POWER WORDS -
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- Version 2.3
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- Copyright (c) Kevin Solway 1991-96
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- Short description: 4700 witty and wise quotes - very fast!
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- Long description:
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- POWER WORDS contains over FOUR THOUSAND of the most incisive,
- and humorous quotes, aphorisms, witticisms and quips compressed
- into a single program file. Searching is lightning fast because
- all of the entries are held in memory - no time-consuming disk
- access is necessary. Press a key to send quotes to your printer
- or to a text file on disk.
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- Includes the compilation "Wit for Wisdom" by the author.
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- Files on the distribution disk:
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- PWORDS.EXE: The main program
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- PWORDS.DOC Documentation
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- REGISTER.DOC Registration form
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- - A word about user supported software: -
-
- The user supported software concept (usually referred to as
- shareware) is an attempt to provide software at low cost. The
- cost of offering a new product by conventional means is
- staggering, and hence dissuades many independent authors and
- small companies from developing and promoting their ideas. User
- supported software is an attempt to develop a new marketing
- channel, where products can be introduced at low cost.
-
- If user supported software works, then everyone will benefit.
- The user will benefit by receiving quality products at low cost,
- and by being able to "test drive" software thoroughly before
- purchasing it. The author benefits by being able to enter the
- commercial software arena without first needing large sources of
- venture capital.
-
- But it can only work with your support. We're not just talking
- about POWER WORDS here, but about all user supported software.
- If you find that you are still using a program after a couple of
- weeks, then pretty obviously it is worth something to you, and
- you should send in a contribution.
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- - REGISTRATION/LICENCE -
-
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- NOTE: This program is not free, but is a "shareware"
- try-before-you-buy product. To become a registered user of
- POWER WORDS, you need to fill-out the following (or the
- accompanying registration form) and send it to me at the address
- below:
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- A Power Words registration entitles you to use the program on
- any and all computers available to you, with the following
- restriction: If other people have access to this program or may
- use it, then you should purchase a site license (see further
- information on site licences below).
-
-
-
- POWER WORDS version 2.3
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- ____ Registration (v2.3) ....... in Australia @ AU$ 15.00 ea
- ....... in the U.K @ £ 8.00 ea
- ....... anywhere else @ US$ 10.00 ea $ ______
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- ____ Include and extra $5 if you want to be sent a
- copy of the latest version when it becomes $ ______
- available. Includes a BONUS disk full of
- useful programs.
-
- ____ Send me a copy of BIGTEXT: which can convert big
- text files of up to 700k or more into executable
- self-displaying text programs that fit on a 360k
- disk. With menus, searching and printing. Great for
- books, catalogues, reports and manuals. ... @ $ 25.00 ea $ ______
-
- ____ Send me a copy of POISON FOR THE HEART: Dangerous
- thoughts for thinkers, written in an aphoristic
- style for those who don't like to waste their
- time with padding. ...................... @ $ 5.00 ea $ ______
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- ____ Send me a copy of VENOM CRYSTALS: A compilation
- of the very best spiritual/philosophical writings
- of all time. ............................. @ $ 3.00 ea $ ______
-
- ____ Send me a copy of THE LOVE BASE: A compilation
- of over 280 of the best ever love poems - for
- the romantic and the idealist. ........... @ $ 5.00 ea $ ______
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- ____ Send me a copy of WOMAN: A compilation of the very
- best (and most dangerous) writings on the subject
- of woman and the relationship between the sexes.
- Incredibly interesting if I say so myself.. @ $ 5.00 ea $ ______
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- ____ Please specify which size disks you require.
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- I would also appreciate any input you would care to give concerning
- POWER WORDS. If you have any ideas or comments that would make this
- a better program, then please let me know.
-
- Comments and/or suggestions:
- ____________________________________________________________________
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- ____________________________________________________________________
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- ____________________________________________________________________
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- ____________________________________________________________________
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- Please remit to:
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- Kevin Solway
- P.O Box 207
- University of Queensland
- St Lucia 4067
- Australia
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- On the World Wide Web:
- "The Thinking Man's Minefield"
- http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ksolway
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- CUSTOM VERSIONS
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- I can produce custom versions of POWER WORDS, for your private
- or commercial use (i.e., to be distributed with your software).
- Write to me.
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- DISCLAIMER
-
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- This program is provided AS IS without warranty, expressed or
- implied.
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- SITE LICENCES
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- Corporate site licensing agreements allow duplication and
- distribution of specific numbers of copies within the licensed
- institution. Duplication of multiple copies is not allowed
- except through execution of a licensing agreement. Site license
- fees are based upon estimated number of users.
-
- Note that with a site license, only one copy of the program will
- be sent. You will be responsible for distributing additional
- copies.
-
- No. copies Cost
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- 1..5 $ 15.00 ea
- 6..15 $ 12.00 ea
- 16..30 $ 10.00 ea
- > 30 $ 7.00 ea
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- - USING POWER WORDS -
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-
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- Just type PWORDS from the DOS prompt and press the return key to
- run the program.
-
- For example,
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- pwords
-
- or
-
- pwords -b - if you want to exclude the use of a box
- for the border.
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- pwords -q - to generate a single, randomly selected
- quote displayed at the current cursor
- position on the screen. Useful for use
- in an autoexec.bat for example, to
- brighten the day up and get you thinking.
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- pwords -q4 - will generate four quotes. You can enter
- any number up to 256.
-
-
- * If you get a message "Cannot execute . . ." or "Out of
- memory" then unload other programs like TSR's from memory to
- make more memory available.
-
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- All function keys are displayed on the screen.
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- Select section from the menu. Bring the menu up at any time by
- pressing the letter "M".
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- Find text by pressing "F". Use this to search for an author's
- name or for keywords. A global search will search from the very
- first entry through to the very last. A local search is
- considerably faster but searches only the section you are
- currently viewing.
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- Repeat the last find operation by pressing "R".
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- Print the currently displayed entry by pressing the letter "P".
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- Send the currently displayed entry to a text file on disk by
- pressing "T".
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- "G"o to entry number. Goes immediately to the entry number
- specified.
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- Up and down arrow keys move through the entries one at a time.
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- Home and end keys move to the first and last entries
- respectively.
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- - ABOUT "POWER WORDS" -
-
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- POWER WORDS is composed of the following sections:
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- Assorted quotes - attributed . . . . . . 1,500 quotes
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- The rest are taken from my compilation "Wit for Wisdom"
- and are largely unattributed.
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- Men and women |
- Some words of my own on men and women |
- Love |
- Some words of my own on love |
- Marriage |- 3,000 quotes
- Some words of my own on marriage |
- Assorted jewels |
- Some gems of my own |
- The thinking man's dictionary |
- (those dictionary entries marked with
- a "/" are my own productions)
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- For completeness I have included as an appendix to this file the
- foreword, introduction, and conclusion of "Wit for Wisdom".
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- If any publishers are interested in printing and binding "Wit
- for Wisdom" for me, to make it available to a wider audience, I
- would be glad to hear from them.
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- Other works by the same author:
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- POISON FOR THE HEART: The ultimate philosophy.
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- Written in an aphoristic style for those who don't like to waste
- their time with padding. Discusses the law of cause and effect
- and its far reaching ramifications. Investigates the nature of
- the ego, attachment, religion, men and women. Arguably the only
- book a thinking person needs to read.
-
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- VENOM CRYSTALS:
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- A compilation of the most powerful spiritual/philosophical
- writings of all time. Includes the best from Buddhism,
- Christianity, Taoism, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.
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- EVIL WISDOM
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- A compilation of the very finest gems of deadly Eastern wisdom.
- Includes the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhammapada, the Heart Sutra, and
- the Tao Te Ching, as well as writings of Meister Eckhart and the
- magnificent Gospel of Thomas.
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- LETTERS BETWEEN ENEMIES:
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- Amazing correspondence between two thinkers. Written in a
- very personal tone, these letters describe their life
- experiences and struggles on the philosophic path.
-
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- WOMAN
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- This is the bravest compilation of writings about women there
- has ever been. To say these writings are dangerous would be an
- understatement. For the first time, read the naked truth about
- women, and learn all it is unwise to know about them. You are
- presented with a selection of astounding quotes about women,
- along with exceptional writings from Kierkegaard, Nietzsche,
- Schopenhauer, and Freud. There are also memorable writings from
- the Buddhist and Hindu philosophers, and more.
-
-
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- * All these programs are available from me, the author at:
-
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- Kevin Solway
- PO Box 207
- University of Queensland
- St Lucia 4067
- Australia
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- - APPENDIX -
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- Includes the
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- Foreword, Introduction, and Conclusion
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- to the original compilation "Wit for Wisdom"
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- (which now composes all parts in POWER WORDS except the first)
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- - FOREWORD -
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- This book is a compilation of words that I like, used in
- whichever way I see fit to convey my message. This is what
- books are for, or at least should be. I have chosen not to
- attribute the quotes to their supposed creators. Who knows who
- created them? And who cares! In any case, I do not claim to
- have created them myself, be they ever so deeply embedded in my
- heart. Even my own productions I submit with the knowledge that
- they can't be mine.
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- To benefit from this book you must accept what you read as
- it stands, irregardless of the context in which the words were
- first used, and by whom. Imagine I wrote the lot - or perhaps
- God.
-
- If you are interested in finding out more about my writings
- I would be glad to hear from you. I would also be glad to hear
- from any publishers who would like to make this work more
- convenient to read by printing and binding it for me.
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- - INTRODUCTION -
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- Wit is rarely conducive to wisdom. It is more often a
- power-play and a fortification. Wit marries ideas lying wide
- apart, by a sudden jerk of the understanding. Like a bright
- blast of lightning, it flashes, strikes and vanishes in an
- instant. But only if this flash ignites a fire will there be
- any lasting good. For such a fire there must be fuel, the fuel
- of courage, open-mindedness, and yearning for truth. And if
- there is no fuel, well then, the lightning flash of wit may
- still fell the odd tree or two, which will, in time, feed a
- killer fire.
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- Wit is all too often used in the same way that forest fire-
- fighters use fire - to prevent or stop a larger blaze. Small
- truths eat-up the fuel and form a barrier against larger and
- more dangerous truths. Wit becomes an attempt to beat the
- Devil, in this case the truth, at his own game.
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- If you would use reason in such a cowardly fashion then I
- would ask you to return this book to the shelf, where it might
- await more kindly eyes. But if you have the hunger of a giant
- and the heart of a lion, then read on my friend - not only will
- you become human, but then a god, and perhaps, a saint? For not
- only must there be intelligence, but courage also - an inhuman
- courage that seeks to walk alone, with none other than the sun
- and the moon for company. May wit sustain you till you find
- your walking legs, cutting the ground from under you.
-
- I have not designed this collection of writings for the use
- of public speakers, businessmen, public figures, lecturers,
- authors, clergymen, teachers and students. Quotes are not to be
- quoted. I work only for thinkers!
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- - A FINAL WORD -
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- There are two sides to my nature, the human and the
- superhuman, or the animal and the human, depending on how
- critical a stance I want to take. The contents of this book
- issue from my lower self, which aspires to finish itself, and
- are aimed at your lower self, with the aim of inflicting a
- mortal injury.
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- I would like to have related some profound spiritual
- insights with you, but I cannot speak to your higher spiritual
- self when you have none. Realistically, while there is ego one
- must work with ego, and only when the ego becomes utterly
- disgusted with itself can it die.
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- I hope this book has disgusted you.
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