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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 05, 2025

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.: Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893), act III
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
Rules are just helpful guidelines for stupid people who can't make up their own minds.: Seth Hoffman, House M.D., 2010

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