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Posted on May 14, 2023

“To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.”—George Orwell, English novelist, 1903-1950

Posted on January 9, 2023

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”—Marcel Proust, French novelist, 1871-1922

Posted on December 17, 2022December 20, 2022

“He that hath no fools, knaves, nor beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.”—Thomas Fuller, English physician, 1654-1734

Posted on December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

“God not only plays dice, he also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.”—Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, 1942-2018

Posted on December 7, 2022December 7, 2022

“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English writer, 1709-1784

Posted on October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”—Sallust, Roman historian, 86 BC–c.35 BC

Posted on October 18, 2022October 17, 2022

“Book lovers never go to bed alone.”—Anonymous

Posted on October 11, 2022October 10, 2022

“Speech is the small change of silence.”—George Meredith, English novelist,1828-1909

Posted on October 3, 2022

“Solemnity is the shield of idiots.”—Montesquieu, French philosopher, 1689-1750

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.)

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