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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 29, 2018

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.: Sidney J. Harris
Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.: Ethel Mumford
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.: Elvis Costello (1954 - ), Interview in Musician magazine, October 1983

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