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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - February 1, 2026
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
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Bobby Knight (1940 - )  
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.
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Joan D. Vinge, Catspaw  
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1  
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)  
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