Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 24, 2025
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )  
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)  
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
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Slovenian Proverb  
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 9  
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