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Thanks Pippa. I'd found those quotes already, but it was kind of you to search also. Trouble is, I read a report that attributed the quote to George Bernard Shaw - a most unlikely person, I thought at the time. But it gave chapter and verse. I cut it out and put it in a very safe place. So safe I can't find it now. A search of Shaw's sites produced nothing and now it is annoying the hell out of me.
Guess I'm never going to find out for sure. Ah well, c'est la vie.