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• It has long been an article of our folklore that too much knowledge or skill, or especially consummate expertise, is a bad thing.
  It dehumanizes those who achieve it, and makes difficult their commerce with just plain folks, in whom good old common sense has not been obliterated by mere book learning or fancy notions....
• That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longe
  as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful with it than those who have inherited one....
• The faith in which I was brought up assured me that I was better than other people
  I was saved, they were damned ... Our hymns were loaded with arrogance--self-congratulation on how cozy we were with the Almighty and what a high opinion he had of us, what hell everybody else would catch come judgement day....
• Lovejoy: Because of last week's problems, we'll be taking certain precautions with this week's collection.
  Marge: We really shouldn't have let them do thi...
• We are all self-made, but only the rich will admit it.
• We have killed more people celebrating Independence Day than we lost fighting for it.
  -- Will Roge...
• If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs (if we had eggs).
• Forrest Gramp: Back in my day, we had to walk 10 miles to get a box...
• And then we had Marconi's radio...