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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 23, 2016
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)  
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
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Alice James  
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
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Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)  
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
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Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)  
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