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Fergus Hume:

It is Beaconsfield who says in one of his novels that no one is so interesting as when he is talking about himself. And judging Mrs. Hableton by this statement, she was an extremely fascinating individual . . . .

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Alfonso Ribiero:

“Multitasking” is a fancy way of saying “Doing two things wrong instead of doing one thing right.”

America’s Funniest Home Videos, October 17, 2021

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William Dean Howells:

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

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J. M. Barrie:

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

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Fergus Hume:

Every prophet convinced of the absolute truth of his mission succeeds in finding those to whom his particular view of the hereafter is acceptable beyond all others.

Fergus Hume deserves to be remembered far more than he is. He could turn a phrase.

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Sam Rayburn:

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.

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Mark Holma:

Just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s historic.

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Oscar Wilde:

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

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Walter Cronkite:

For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling “civilized?” And yet, in total contradiction, we also persist in the savage belief that we must occasionally, at least, settle our arguments by killing one another.

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H. G. Wells:

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

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Fergus Hume, in the voice of Sir Harry Brace:

I see that, like all fanatics, you distort texts and sayings into fitting your own peculiar views.

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Richard Johnson, in the voice of Rex Masters:

I’m not prepared to be the pariah just to keep the hypocrites feeling happily self-righteous.

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Steve Allen:

To those who wish to punish others — or at least to see them punished, if the avengers are too cowardly to take matters into their own hands — the belief in a fiery, hideous hell appears to be a great source of comfort.

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Voltaire:

A witty saying proves nothing.

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Fergus Hume, describing a cunning conniver:

In spite of all his cunning, he usually burnt his fingers at a twice-touched flame.

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Emile Durkheim:

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

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Charles Kuralt:

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

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William E. Gladstone:

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

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Albert Camus:

Mistaken ideas always end in bloodshed, but in every case it is someone else’s blood. That is why some of our thinkers feel free to say just about anything.

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Ted Williams:

If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much.

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