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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - August 24, 2025
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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Edgard Varese (1883 - 1965)  
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.
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William J. H. Boetcker  
Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
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Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989)  
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
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Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)  
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