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Category: aphorisms

Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

“Always depend on people to think the worst.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

Posted on September 20, 2021

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”—Aesop, Greek fabulist, 620-564 BC

Posted on September 16, 2021September 15, 2021

“We can learn even from our enemies.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

Posted on September 11, 2021

“Those who can sin in secret do so more quickly.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021

“A fire cannot throw a great light without burning something.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

“Laugh at life. Do not cry over it.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC-65 AD

Posted on August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

“The bigger the undertaking, the trickier it is.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021

“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

“If you don’t bring Paris with you, you won’t find it there.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005

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