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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 14, 2026
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800 - 1859)  
Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
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Artemus Ward (1834 - 1867)  
When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'
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Steven Wright (1955 - )  
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
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Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)  
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