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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 24, 2025
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
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George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Soliloquies in England, 1922, "War Shrines"  
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
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Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794)  
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant.
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Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dogbert; Dilbert cartoons  
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
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William James (1842 - 1910)  
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