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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - January 22, 2015
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.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 5  
Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.
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Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732  
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
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Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)  
It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day.
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Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, 06-07-04  
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