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
Posted on November 12, 2020 “It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.”—Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, 1841-1919
Posted on November 11, 2020 “It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak and another to hear.”—Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, 1817-1862
Posted on November 9, 2020 “I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don’t want to meet them.”—H.L. Mencken, American satirist, 1880-1956
Posted on November 7, 2020 “The meek shall inherit the earth—but not the mineral rights.”—J. Paul Getty, British petrol-industrialist, 1892-1976
