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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 4, 2026
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.
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George Jackson (1941 - 1971)  
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)  
Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.
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Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008  
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Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)  
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