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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - November 03, 2009
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
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Peter De Vries, "The Mackerel Plaza," 1958  
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
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Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)  
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
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Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)  
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
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Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance  
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