Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 31, 2015
Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
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Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)  
In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.
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Thomas Pickering (1931 - )  
I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
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Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)  
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.
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Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946), Penrod (1914)  
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