cynical folk wisdom

[Dan Goodman]

On 07/13/2012 10:04 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Jonathan Lighter
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>> "Make it idiot-proof and someone will invent a better idiot."
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> A variant from the Jesus-v.-Moses subset:
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> "Jesus Saves. Moses Invests."

"But the Mongol hoards."



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