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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 2, 2025
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
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Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Childhood"  
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)  
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The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
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J. Frank Dobie (1888 - 1964), "A Texan in England", 1945  
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)  
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