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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 8, 2024
Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
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Karl Marx (1818 - 1883)  
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
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Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "In the World"  
The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)  
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1  
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