“There are worse things than poverty, though I can’t for the moment remember what they are.” — Nancy Mitford, Highland Fling
Category: Quotations
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“It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t.” — Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook
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“Mistakes were made long ago. It is someone else’s fault. We can’t be held responsible, but we are very sorry.” — Kyle Minor, In the Devil’s Territory
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“Much of what is today called ‘social criticism’ consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians.” — Steven Pinker, The Blank Slate
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“Are you going quietly, or do we have to use ear plugs?” — Spike Milligan, Spike Milligan, a Celebration
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“Memory is so much better at unhappiness than happiness.” — Jane Miller, Crazy Age
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“Life is that which – pressingly, persistently, unfailingly, imperially – interrupts.” — Cynthia Ozick, “How Writers Live Today,” Esquire (August 1985)
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“The most difficult thing to adjust to, apparently, is peace and contentment.” — Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
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“Everyone lies about sex, more or less, to themselves if not to others, to others if not to themselves, exaggerating its importance or minimizing its pull.” — Daphne Merkin, Dreaming of Hitler
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“Humiliation is a poor kinsman of humility.” — Austin O’Malley, Keystones of Thought
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