Posted on July 31, 2021 “We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.”—Thucydides, Athenian historian, c. 460 — c. 400 BC
Posted on July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 “Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.”—Arthur Helps, English writer, 1813-1875
Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 “If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.”—John Clare, English poet, 1793-1864
Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 “People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.”—Anatole France, French man-of-letters, 1844-1924
Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 “Anything we haven’t seen before is marvelous.”—Tacitus, Roman senator, 56-117 AD
Posted on July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 “If a tree dies, plant another in its place.”—Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, 1707-1778
Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 “Time discovers truth.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC – 65 AD
Posted on July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 “If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve the man, but degrade the cat.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910
Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 “Laws are like spiders’ webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.”—Solon, Athenian lawmaker, c.630-c.560 BC
Posted on July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 “I love everything that’s old—old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774
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