\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}Dehortatio \\ \text{Dissuasive advice given with authority} \\ \\ \\ \text{Death be not proud, though some have called thee} \\ \text{Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so . . .} \\ \text{(John Dunne)} \\ \\ \\ \text{Never look down on anybody} \\ \text{unless you're helping him up.} \\ \text{(Jesse Jackson)} \\ \\ \\ \end{array}\)
. . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Do not go gentle into that good night,} \\ \text{Old age should burn and rave at close of day;} \\ \text{Rage, rage against the dying of the night . . .} \\ \text{(Dylan Thomas)} \end{array}\)
\(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{As long as there is injustice,} \\ \text{whenever a Targathian baby cries out,} \\ \text{wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars,} \\ \text{we'll be there . . . This fine ship, this fine crew.} \\ \text{Never give up . . . never surrender.} \\ \text{(Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith, }Galaxy\:Quest\text{, 1999)\,} \end{array}\)
. . . . . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Never play cards with a man called Doc.} \\ \text{Never eat at a place called Mom's.} \\ \text{Never sleep with anyone whose troubles} \\ \text{are worse than your own.} \\ \text{(Nelson Algren)} \end{array}\)
. . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{c}\text{Behind me, I heard a young woman of 25 say,} \\ \text{"If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't} \\ \text{have spent that year in college."} \\ \text{Do NOT think about that statement too long} \\ \text{or blood will shoot out your nose.} \\ \text{(Lewis Black)} \end{array}\)