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The quotation-business is booming. No subdivision of the culture seems too narrow to have a quotation book of its own…. It would be an understatement to say that these books lean on one another. To compare them is to stroll through a glorious jungle of incestuous mutual plagiarism. – James Gleick, 1993

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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. – Osmanli Proverb

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A case which commonly happens with us in London, as well as our Neighbours in Paris, where if a Witty Man starts a happy thought, a Million of sordid Imitators ride it to death. – Thomas Brown, Laconics: Or, New Maxims of State and Conversation

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It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive. – Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), Following the Equator: A Journey Around the Worl

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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. – Tryon Edwards

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Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course. – Adrian Cadbury

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Id rather be two strokes ahead going into the last day than two strokes behind. Having said that, its probably easier to win coming from behind. There is no fear in chasing. There is fear in being chased. – Jack Nicklaus

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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. – Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyper Reality, 1986

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I think its my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may. – Leonard Nimoy

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