Posted on October 13, 2017October 13, 2017 “If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.”—Sir Peter Medawar, British biologist Nobel Laureate, 1915-1987
Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017 “To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.”—Luc de Clapiers, French essayist, 1715-1747
Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 “Nobody loves life like him who is growing old.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC
Posted on October 7, 2017October 7, 2017 “A traveller with empty pockets can whistle in a robber’s face.”—Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd century AD
Posted on October 5, 2017October 6, 2017 “When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC
Posted on October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 “Whatever you want to teach, be brief.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC
Posted on September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 “A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.”—John Updike, American novelist, 1932-2009
Posted on September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 “All singers have this flaw: If asked by friends, they will not sing; if unasked, they will not stop.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC
Posted on September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 “There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.”—L.M. Boyd, newspaper columnist, 1927-2007
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