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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - January 29, 2026
There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
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Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989)  
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)  
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )  
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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Edward Young (1683 - 1765), Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89)  
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