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I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.




O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?




Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?




Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?




Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?




Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?




Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?










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I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.




O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?




Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?




Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?




Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?




Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?




Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?










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  • But did you change jobs?
    – Mindwin
    Jan 3 at 14:17














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I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.




O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?




Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?




Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?




Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?




Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?




Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?










share|improve this question













I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.




O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?




Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?




Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?




Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?




Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.




Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?




Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?







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  • But did you change jobs?
    – Mindwin
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  • But did you change jobs?
    – Mindwin
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But did you change jobs?
– Mindwin
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These look like




First lines from classic novels

He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife


- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.


- David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress

@Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)




So the last line that would fit the bill is




Call me Ishmael.


- Herman Melville, Moby Dick







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    such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
    – Omega Krypton
    Jan 2 at 13:14






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    May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
    – Bass
    Jan 2 at 15:09












  • An alternative.
    – Jonathan Allan
    Jan 2 at 20:18










  • Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
    – jafe
    Jan 3 at 11:39






  • 1




    @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
    – jafe
    Jan 7 at 11:07



















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Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:





Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.








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    These look like




    First lines from classic novels

    He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

    - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea

    All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife


    - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

    In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.


    - David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress

    @Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
    (Genesis 1:1)




    So the last line that would fit the bill is




    Call me Ishmael.


    - Herman Melville, Moby Dick







    share|improve this answer



















    • 5




      such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
      – Omega Krypton
      Jan 2 at 13:14






    • 8




      May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
      – Bass
      Jan 2 at 15:09












    • An alternative.
      – Jonathan Allan
      Jan 2 at 20:18










    • Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
      – jafe
      Jan 3 at 11:39






    • 1




      @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
      – jafe
      Jan 7 at 11:07
















    31














    These look like




    First lines from classic novels

    He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

    - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea

    All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife


    - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

    In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.


    - David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress

    @Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
    (Genesis 1:1)




    So the last line that would fit the bill is




    Call me Ishmael.


    - Herman Melville, Moby Dick







    share|improve this answer



















    • 5




      such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
      – Omega Krypton
      Jan 2 at 13:14






    • 8




      May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
      – Bass
      Jan 2 at 15:09












    • An alternative.
      – Jonathan Allan
      Jan 2 at 20:18










    • Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
      – jafe
      Jan 3 at 11:39






    • 1




      @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
      – jafe
      Jan 7 at 11:07














    31












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    These look like




    First lines from classic novels

    He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

    - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea

    All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife


    - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

    In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.


    - David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress

    @Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
    (Genesis 1:1)




    So the last line that would fit the bill is




    Call me Ishmael.


    - Herman Melville, Moby Dick







    share|improve this answer














    These look like




    First lines from classic novels

    He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.

    - Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea

    All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife


    - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

    In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.


    - David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress

    @Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:

    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
    (Genesis 1:1)




    So the last line that would fit the bill is




    Call me Ishmael.


    - Herman Melville, Moby Dick








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    • 5




      such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
      – Omega Krypton
      Jan 2 at 13:14






    • 8




      May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
      – Bass
      Jan 2 at 15:09












    • An alternative.
      – Jonathan Allan
      Jan 2 at 20:18










    • Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
      – jafe
      Jan 3 at 11:39






    • 1




      @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
      – jafe
      Jan 7 at 11:07














    • 5




      such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
      – Omega Krypton
      Jan 2 at 13:14






    • 8




      May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
      – Bass
      Jan 2 at 15:09












    • An alternative.
      – Jonathan Allan
      Jan 2 at 20:18










    • Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
      – jafe
      Jan 3 at 11:39






    • 1




      @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
      – jafe
      Jan 7 at 11:07








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    such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
    – Omega Krypton
    Jan 2 at 13:14




    such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
    – Omega Krypton
    Jan 2 at 13:14




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    8




    May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
    – Bass
    Jan 2 at 15:09






    May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
    – Bass
    Jan 2 at 15:09














    An alternative.
    – Jonathan Allan
    Jan 2 at 20:18




    An alternative.
    – Jonathan Allan
    Jan 2 at 20:18












    Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
    – jafe
    Jan 3 at 11:39




    Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
    – jafe
    Jan 3 at 11:39




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    1




    @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
    – jafe
    Jan 7 at 11:07




    @Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
    – jafe
    Jan 7 at 11:07











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    Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:





    Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
    The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.








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      Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:





      Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
      The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.








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        Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:





        Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
        The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.








        share|improve this answer












        Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:





        Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
        The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.









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