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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.: Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
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His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) Act III
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Discretion is not the better part of biography.: Lytton Strachey (1880 - 1932), in Michael Holroyd Lytton, Strachey vol. 1 (1967)
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Speech at the House of Commons, January 24, 1860
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The more things change, the more they remain... insane.: Michael Fry and T. Lewis, Over the Hedge, 05-09-04
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Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.: Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), State of Fear

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