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• Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
  --Frank Leahy, Notre Dame football coach Look magazine January 10, 1955...
• Egotism is the anesthetic which numbs the pain of stupidity.
• Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
  -- Bellamy Brook...
• Where pain predominates, agony can be a valued teacher. -- Frank Herbe
• From The Valley of The Dulls - Lehigh Valley.