Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 15, 2012
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
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Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), The Little Foxes, 1939  
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)  
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984), quoted by Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982  
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)  
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