Posted on September 23, 2022September 24, 2022 “There’s a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”—Dorothy Parker, American poet, 1893-1967 (editor’s note: this is a substitute for the “You can….” quotation. Our apologies.)
Posted on August 25, 2022 “Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”—James Baldwin, American writer, 1924-1987
Posted on January 5, 2022 “I may be sick and I may seem dumb. That don’t mean you know where I’m coming from.”—Lyric from “Qualified”, by Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.), American songwriter, 1941-2019
Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 “A good mind possesses a kingdom.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC–65 AD
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 20, 2021July 20, 2021 “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC
Posted on July 2, 2021 “Books will speak plain when counsellors blanch.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626
Posted on June 8, 2021 “A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536
Posted on May 17, 2021 “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”—Sir William Osler, Canadian medical educator, 1849-1919
Posted on May 8, 2021 “The great goal of life is not knowledge but action.”—Thomas Huxley, English biologist, 1825-1895
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