Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - May 07, 2024
It is well that war is so terrible - otherwise we would grow too fond of it.
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Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870), Statement at the Battle of Fredericksburg (13th December 1862)  
Instant gratification takes too long.
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Carrie Fisher (1956 - )  
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)  
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)  
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