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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 15, 2014
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)  
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)  
Most advances in science come when a person for one reason or another is forced to change fields.
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Peter Borden  
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
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Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Hocus Pocus  
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