Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - March 26, 2025
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
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Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)  
If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.
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John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)  
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)  
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891  
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