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A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.
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If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
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You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
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Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.
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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
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Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
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If you don't know where you're going, you will probably end up somewhere else.
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.
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There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
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It's better to have loved and lost than to have to do forty pounds of laundry a week.
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An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.
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