Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - June 11, 2022
Most people ignore most poetry
because
most poetry ignores most people.
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Adrian Mitchell  
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)  
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
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C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)  
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
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Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)  
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