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title: "11 Caught Cold Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I caught a cold and didn't have time to work on my autobiography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-doucet/i-caught-a-cold-and-didn-t-have-time-to-work-on-my-autobiography/)

[Julie Doucet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-doucet/)

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> [If you think that you have caught a cold, call in a good doctor. Call in three good doctors and play bridge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-benchley/if-you-think-that-you-have-caught-a-cold-call-in-a-good-doctor-call/)

[Robert Benchley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-benchley/)

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> [Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/has-a-woman-who-knew-she-was-well-dressed-ever-caught-a-cold/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-ifill/we-used-to-say-in-the-black-community-that-if-somebody-else-caught-a/)

[Gwen Ifill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-ifill/)

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> [It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-summers/it-used-to-be-said-that-when-the-u-s-sneezed-the-world-caught-a-cold-2/)

[Lawrence Summers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-summers/)

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> [Contentment preserves one from catching cold. Has a woman who knew that she was well dressed ever caught a cold? No, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/contentment-preserves-one-from-catching-cold-has-a-woman-who-knew/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Just as I am not upset with somebody who has caught a cold, so too I am not upset with somebody who's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-boghossian/just-as-i-am-not-upset-with-somebody-who-has-caught-a-cold-so-too-i/)

[Peter Boghossian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-boghossian/)

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> [I opened my heart wide trying to catch a dream only to realize I merely caught a cold wind blowing through leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t2/i-opened-my-heart-wide-trying-to-catch-a-dream-only-to-realize-i/)

[T2](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t2/)

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> [“Have you caught cold?' 'It would appear so.' 'You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-peters/have-you-caught-cold-it-would-appear-so-you-could-give-it-to-margaret/)

[Elizabeth Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-peters/)

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> [“She had caught a cold and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/she-had-caught-a-cold-and-it-made-her-voice-huskier-and-more-charming/)

[F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/)

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> [“For the rest Fred was fairly hopeful. The old chap had caught cold and Fred was of opinion it might prove to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-maria-remarque/for-the-rest-fred-was-fairly-hopeful-the-old-chap-had-caught-cold-and/)

[Erich Maria Remarque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-maria-remarque/)

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