Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 25, 2018
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
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Herbert Henry Asquith (1852 - 1928)  
There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.
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Lester J. Pourciau  
For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
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Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)  
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)  
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