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“‘Be not the first by whom the new is tried,’ as that poet fellow said, ‘Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.’”

— Michael Kurland Ten Little Wizards (1988)

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He takes every change that has taken place over the past two hundred years as a personal affront.

A Study in Sorcery (1989)

It’s what a man thinks is true which controls his actions, not what is really true.

Tomorrow Knight (1976)

The pleasure of receiving an accolade is somewhat diluted by the problem of living up to it.

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There’s more leg room in first class, to be sure, but there’s more poetry in second class—and more honesty in third.

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A possibility eliminated is a risk not taken.

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