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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.: E. H. Gombrich (1909 - )
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.: Helen Rowland (1876 - 1950), A Guide to Men, 1922
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 1
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 12
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 5
Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Mysticism and Logic (1917) ch. 4
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It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Sceptical Essays (1928), "On the Value of Scepticism"
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish"
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.: Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.: Hannah Arendt (1906 - 1975)
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