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# NetHack 3.7 data.base
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# NetHack 3.7 data.base
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# $NHDT-Date: 1605726848 2020/11/18 19:14:08 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.98 $
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# $NHDT-Date: 1608767189 2020/12/23 23:46:29 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.99 $
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# Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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# Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
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# Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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# Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
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# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
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And welcomes little fishes in,
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And welcomes little fishes in,
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With gently smiling jaws!
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With gently smiling jaws!
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[ How Doth The Little Crocodile, by Lewis Carroll ]
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[ How Doth The Little Crocodile, by Lewis Carroll ]
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# Creosote is the Discworld analogue of Croesus
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croesus
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croesus
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kroisos
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kroisos
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creosote
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creosote
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Croesus (in Greek: Kroisos), the wealthy last king of Lydia;
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Croesus (in Greek: Kroisos), the wealthy last king of Lydia;
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his empire was destroyed when he attacked Cyrus in 549, after
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his empire was destroyed when he attacked Cyrus in 549 BC,
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the Oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him: "if you attack the
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after the Oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him: "if you attack
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Persians, you will destroy a mighty empire". Herodotus
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the Persians, you will destroy a mighty empire". Herodotus
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relates of his legendary conversation with Solon of Athens,
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relates of his legendary conversation with Solon of Athens,
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who impressed upon him that being rich does not imply being
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who impressed upon him that being rich does not imply being
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happy and that no one should be considered fortunate before
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happy and that no one should be considered fortunate before
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