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Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

“No man ever wore a cravat as nice as his own child’s arm around his neck.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 17, 2021February 16, 2021

“It’s the last suitor that wins the maid.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

“He who thinks himself wise, is a great fool.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”—Benjamin Franklin (attributed), American polymath, 1706-1790

Posted on January 11, 2021

“In many ways the saying ‘Know thyself’ is lacking. Better to know other people.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC

Posted on December 28, 2020

“Few people know how to be old.”—François de La Rochefoucauld, French maximist, 1613-1680

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

“Punctuality is the thief of time.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on December 4, 2020

“A fool flatters himself; the wise man flatters the fool.”—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English writer & politician, 1803-1873

Posted on December 1, 2020

“Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.”—Simeon Strunsky, NY TIMES essayist, 1879-1948

Posted on November 24, 2020

“When a bad man pretends he’s good, he’s at his worst.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

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