Posted on December 6, 2022December 5, 2022 “Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?”—Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French maxim author, 1613-1680
Posted on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 “If fortune wants to do you in, she makes you stupid.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim-writer, 85 BC — 43 BC
Posted on April 20, 2022April 19, 2022 “There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh!”—Catullus, Latin poet, c.84-c.54 BC
Posted on April 10, 2022 “Fortune is glass. Just when it gleams brightest it shatters.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC
Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 “Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.”—Maggie Kuhn, Gray Panthers founder, 1905-1995
Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 “No one is able to flee from death or love.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC
Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 “It ain’t over till it’s over.”—Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”) Berra, American baseball catcher, 1925-2015
Posted on February 24, 2022February 23, 2022 “Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900
Posted on January 31, 2022 “These success encourages: they can because they think they can.”—Virgil, Roman poet, 70-19 BC
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