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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 21, 2026
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
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Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), Mostly Harmless  
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
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Joan Baez (1941 - )  
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time.
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Honore de Balzac (1799 - 1850)  
Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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E. Joseph Cossman  
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