“I've always found that the root of a computer problem is human frailty”
Source: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 2 (p. 27).
“The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 21.
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