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Robert Benchley Quotes: The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands.
         

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. That remark in itself wouldn't make any sense if quoted as it stands.


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