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When asked, "If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States, then why do you live here?
Mencken replied, "Why do men go to zoos?...
When asked what he would take to let a man give him a blow on the head, he said, "A helmet.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
When asked, "What is a contingent fee?" a lawyer answered, "A contingent fee to a lawyer means, if I don't win your suit, I get nothing.
If I do win it, you get nothing....
When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, "Not to unlearn what you have learned.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Antisthenes, iv...
When asked what wine he liked to drink, he replied, "That which belongs to another.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Diogenes, vi...
When asked why he parted with his wife, Caesar replied, "I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- Life of Caesa...
When a student actually does a homework problem, the instructor will not ask for it.
-- M. M. Johnsto...
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), "Caesar and Cleopatra", Act III...
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple.
Take it and copy it. -- Anatole France...

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