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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 17, 2012
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.
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Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)  
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)  
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
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Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"  
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
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Doug Larson  
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