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• Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. -- Simeon Strunsky
• WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted
  what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke." -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Hurricanes aren't very dangerous. -- Famous Last Word
• She often gave herself very good advice [though she very seldom followed it]. -- Lewis Carroll
• Vacillating people seldom succeed. They seldom win the solid respect of their fellow men.
  Successful men and women are very careful in reaching decisions and very persistent and determined in action thereafter....
• If you are smart enough to fill out the application correctly and without any words spelled incorrectly
  it is very likely that you are overqualified for the position and therefore ineligible for it....
• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- Jean de La Bruyere
• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- Jean de la Bruyere