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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - November 9, 2026
Any great truth can -- and eventually will -- be expressed as a cliche -- a cliche is a sure and certain way to dilute an idea. For instance, my grandmother used to say, 'The black cat is always the last one off the fence.' I have no idea what she meant, but at one time, it was undoubtedly true.
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Solomon Short  
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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
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Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)  
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)  
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Alan Dean Foster, "To the Vanishing Point"  
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