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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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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
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Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.
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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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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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There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.
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Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.
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The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
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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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Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.
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Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.
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