Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned from 'The Princess Bride'

Sorry, folks.  Nothing about angling or degenerative diseases in this weeks contribution to universal Entropy®.  Instead, something a little lighter that's been on my To-Do list for a while.

Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned from 'The Princess Bride'

• Most things can be made better if you just skip to the end
• "As you wish" means, "I love you."
• "As you wish" also means, "I will be captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts and most likely killed in the morning."
• Never get into a land war in Asia. It's a classic blunder.
• A chocolate coating helps things go down easier
• If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything
• Help people feel they are doing well
• Never ride horseback alone
• You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles
• People in masks cannot be trusted
• Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
• There's not a lot of money in revenge
• It's good to have a friend on the Brute Squad
• Get used to disappointment
• Have fun storming the castle
• You'll stay alive longer if you always think everything could be a trap
• If all of your professional obstacles were inconceivable, perhaps you'd best consider a career change, no matter how prestigious the line of work
• Mostly dead is slightly alive
• Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
• When there's too much to explain, sum up.
• Keep a thorough list of your assets handy
• Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
• When the job goes wrong, go back to the beginning
• If you buy a miracle pill, for Pete's sake, wait the entire 15 minutes for full potency
• There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world