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Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

“Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.”—Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”) Berra, American professional baseball catcher, 1925-2015

Posted on September 6, 2021

“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on August 23, 2021January 28, 2023

“Goodness had nothing to do with it.”—Mae West, American actress, 1893-1980

Posted on August 21, 2021

“Wit is the only wall…Between us and the dark.”—Mark Van Doren, American poet, 1894-1972

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

“With wine comes truth.”—Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus), Roman naturalist, 23/24 AD-79 AD

Posted on August 17, 2021

“A diplomat…is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.”—Caskie Stinnett, American humorist, 1911-1998

Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021

“I only spout poetry when my feet hurt.”—Quintus Ennius, Roman poet, 239-169 BC

Posted on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021

“I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.”—Cyrus Ching, American labor union mediator, 1876-1967

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

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