Modern Proverbs Appeal (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE


Ronald Reagan's recently published diaries include:
"Insanity is hereditary.  You catch it from your kids."

But . . .

"Strayed from the Herd" by Connie Nelson. _Ada [OK] Weekly News_
4/6/1961 p. 4 col 1.
"Insanity is hereditary.  You can get it from your children. -- Sam
Levenson"

_Quote Verifier_ attributes it to Levenson, from _You Can Say That
Again, Sam!_ (1975), and from a 1963
in _Diner's Club Magazine_.
Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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