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Hate to nit-pick, but an Oliver Wendell Holmes quote close to this is often attributed to Shakespeare: "Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable." [Note that in the numerous google citations that attribute either version of this maxim to Shakespeare there is NEVER a play:act:scene:line citation - a sure giveaway.]

[Sorry: I was a Shakespeare nerd in a previous life]




Thanks for the input. I stand corrected and ashamed for blindly trusting the authenticity of quotes randomly found on the internet ;-)




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