Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 28, 2025
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
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Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)  
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
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James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)  
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel  
Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
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Jackie Mason (1934 - )  
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