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Category: Clock Quotes
Posted on: April 6, 2008 4:00 AM, by Coturnix
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I have to go get my Big Book of Quotations. It's organized by topic, and has indices of authors, etc. Quite handy for things like this.
Here's one by Francis MacDonald Cornford (1874-1943)
Every public action which is not customary either is wrong of if is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time.
Posted by: Tony P | April 6, 2008 4:38 AM
Thanks - I will use it at some point in the future.
Posted by: Coturnix | April 6, 2008 1:24 PM