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Month: November 2020

Posted on November 30, 2020

“Age is a high price to pay for maturity.”—Tom Stoppard, British playwright, 1937-

Posted on November 29, 2020

“Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.”—Frank Moore Colby, American writer, 1865-1925

Posted on November 26, 2020

“Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.”—Laurence J. Peters, Canadian educator & author, 1919-1990

Posted on November 24, 2020

“When a bad man pretends he’s good, he’s at his worst.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on November 20, 2020

“Fortunately [psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.”—Karen Horney, German psychoanalyst, 1885-1952

Posted on November 19, 2020

“All kings is mostly rapscallions.”—Jim in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ (by Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910)

Posted on November 18, 2020

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on November 15, 2020

“Machines, from the Maxim gun to the computer, are for the most part, means by which a minority can keep free men in subjection.”—Sir Kenneth Clark, British art historian, 1903-1983

Posted on November 14, 2020

“Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.”—P.T. Barnum, America showman, 1810-1891

Posted on November 13, 2020

“When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.”—Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland; English politician; 1610-1643

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