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Month: May 2020

Posted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020

“Convention is the ruler of all.”—Pindar, Greek poet, 522-443 BC

Posted on May 23, 2020

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”—Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst, 1875-1961

Posted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

“The object of art is to give life shape.”—Jean Anouilh, French dramatist, 1910-1987

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

“No man loses honor who had any in the first place.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

“Least said, soonest mended.”—Irish proverb

Posted on May 5, 2020May 5, 2020

“The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on May 2, 2020May 2, 2020

“God rewards virtue; He shouldn’t have to furnish it.”—Aulus Gellius, Roman author, 125-180 AD

Posted on May 1, 2020May 1, 2020

“I want to know God’s thoughts—the rest are mere details.”—Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist, 1879-1955

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