; This is a riff on the Unix fortune program. ; See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_%28Unix%29 for more context %- (:def quote (:lambda q (text, text) (:match q (qu, name) "${qu}\n — ${name}"))) (:def fortune (:oneof (| "Fight god constantly.") (| "You will be let down by someone close to you.") (| "I'm not high-strung. I'm strung precisely as I am meant to be.") (| "Do not fail.") (| "Trim the fat.") (| "The world rewards vigilance") (| "Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.") (| "Cleanliness is next to godliness.") (| "Do not complain.") (| "Guilt redeems, not love.") (| "There is no such thing as metaphors.") (| "Excess is a sin.") (| "Spurn your family.") (| "Salvation is finality.") (| "Love animals.") (| "Sex wastes the male body.") (| "Cultivate weakness.") (| "Beauty is a moral imperative.") (| "We are all damned by our own personalities. That is beauty.") (| "To err is immoral.") (| $ quote ("« Le beau est ce qu'on désire sans vouloir le manger. »", "Simone Weil")) (| $ quote ("\"You're more likely to get cut with a dull tool than a sharp one.\"", "Fiona Apple")) (| $ quote ("\"You forgot the difference between equanimity and passivity.\"", "Fiona Apple")) (| $ quote ("\"I don't believe in empirical science. I only believe in a priori truth.\"", "Kurt Gödel")) ; german? hm (| "Obedience is a virtue.") (| "\"You have potential,\" is an insult.") (| "Leisure is a sin") (| "Strive on all fronts"))) (:def main fortune)