Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 20, 2016
I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts.
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Bethania McKenstry  
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)  
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
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George Orwell (1903 - 1950)  
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)  
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