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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 13, 2016

A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)

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