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Month: July 2021

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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