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• The cynics are right nine times out of ten. -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
• Cynics are right nine times out of ten; what undoes them is their belief that they are right ten times out of ten.
  -- Professor Charles P. Issawi...
• If people see that you mean them no harm, they'll never hurt you, nine times out of ten!
• In a three-storey building served by one elevator, nine times out of ten the elevator will be on a floor where you are not.
  -- Dedera's Law...
• Watch your step when you immediately know the one way to do anything.
  Nine times out of ten, there are several better ways. -- W. B. Givens, Jr....
• Nine times out of ten the statisticians are wrong.
• Conscience is the little thing that tells you someone is sure to find out.
• I believe in instinct, not in reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.
  -- A. C. Benso...