Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - December 25, 2024
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
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Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)  
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
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Anonymous  
Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them.
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Suzanne Necker (1739 - 1794)  
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
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Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)  
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