Somewhat off topic but on the topic of quotes, a friend of mine was commenting on his GF's habit of nibbling on wild pants. Evidently, her response was that "everything natural is edible". His rather cynical response was "at least once". I was reminded of that comment decades later when reading Terry Patchett's Discworld Almanak. Under the month of Ember, there was:
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we can assure our readers, whom we wish to preserve, that there are only two facts to bear in mind when selecting fungi:
ALL FUNGI ARE EDIBLE.
SOME FUNGI ARE NOT EDIBLE MORE THAN ONCE.
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