Posted on March 24, 2025March 13, 2026 “The difference between bad speech and bad deeds is opportunity.”—Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), Roman rhetorician, c. 35 — c. 100 AD
Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 “No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”—Mary W. Shelley, English novelist, 1797-1851
Posted on September 18, 2024September 17, 2024 “Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest.”—(‘King Lear’), William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616
Posted on September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 “Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017
Posted on November 7, 2023November 6, 2023 “DESTINY, n.: a tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure.”—Ambrose Bierce, American journalist, 1842-1914
Posted on May 31, 2023 “A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clean conscience.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017
Posted on September 19, 2022 “Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while before they begin to decay.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist, 1841-1935
Posted on April 4, 2022 “Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.”—William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616
Posted on February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC
Posted on November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 “Marriage is but a necessary evil.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC
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