Quote by William Blake
Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to

Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. – William Blake

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It seems to me that there must be an ecological limit to the number of paper pushers the earth can sustain, and that human civilization will collapse when the number of, say, tax lawyers exceeds the worlds total population of farmers, weavers, fisherpersons, and pediatric nurses. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. – Aldous Huxley

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The inventor of the Xerox machine will, I am sure, find a special place reserved for him on one of the inner circles of Dantes Inferno. – Nicholas Goodison

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In the US we find the label requirements are crazy. It is almost as if we had to label a bookcase with the warning do not eat this bookcase — it can be harmful to your health. – Bjorn Bayley

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