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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 21, 2026
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
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Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"  
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Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
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Thomas Henry Huxley  
Ah, sweet alcohol. Like a true friend, you replace the anger with better, louder anger.
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 08-23-11  
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
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Harry Shearer  
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