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“A pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.” — Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance

“I don’t know how a brain that is never used passes the time.” — Rex Stout, The Final Deduction

“Impetuosity is a virtue only when delay is dangerous.” — Rex Stout, Too Many Clients

“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.” — Rex Stout, The Rubber Band

“I don’t answer questions containing two or more unsupported assumptions.” — Rex Stout, The Rubber Band

“To be broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.” — Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men

“The potency of knowledge depends on how and when it is used.” — Rex Stout, Murder by the Book

“I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.” — Rex Stout, Might as Well Be Dead

“There’s nothing as safe as ignorance — or as dangerous.” — Rex Stout, The Squirt and the Monkey

“To assert dignity is to lose it.” — Rex Stout

“To assert dignity is to lose it.” — Rex Stout, The League of Frightened Men