“All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there.”
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“The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.”
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“They searched all over the world for a motive, except for one place: the scene of the crime.”
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“This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.”
Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 103.
L'alta beltà ch'al mondo non à pare
noia t'è, se non quanto il bel thesoro
di castità par ch'ella adorni et fregi.
Canzone 263, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life