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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - September 11, 2016

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.: James Madison (1751 - 1836)
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"

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