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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 11, 2026
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
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Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)  
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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)  
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The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
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Jilly Cooper  
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
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Harry Shearer  
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