Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 16, 2017
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)  
A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
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Katharine Whitehorn  
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
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Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)  
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
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Frank Tibolt  
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