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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

A kind of Batman of contemporary letters.
                -- Philip Larkin on Anthony Burgess
I never saw a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one.
                -- Gellett Burgess

I've never seen a purple cow
I never hope to see one
But from the milk we're getting now
There certainly must be one
                -- Odgen Nash

Ah, yes, I wrote "The Purple Cow"  
I'm sorry now I wrote it
But I can tell you anyhow
I'll kill you if you quote it.
                -- Gellett Burgess, many years later
The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.
                -- Anthony Burgess
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