Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 “In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.”—Joseph Priestley FRS, English chemist & discoverer of oxygen, 1733-1804
Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 “Faint heart never won fair lady.”—Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author, 1547-1616
Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 “I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.”—W. S. Gilbert (in Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’), English dramatist, 1836-1911
Posted on December 30, 2019 “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”—Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval commander, 1785-1819
Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 “Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC
Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 “You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”—Eric Hoffer, American philosopher, 1898-1983
Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 “The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.”—J. W. von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834
Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 “Nothing quite new is perfect.”—Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC
Posted on December 12, 2019 “No man is wise enough for himself.”—Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC
Posted on December 3, 2019 “His greatest fault was his desire not to please the best people, but to please the most people.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman satirist, c. 4 BC – 65 AD
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