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Posted on October 11, 2025October 11, 2025

“Evil is not something superhuman, it’s something less than human.”—‘The Pale Horse’, Agatha Christie, English mystery writer, 1890-1976

Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul….”—Emily Dickinson, American poet, 1830-1886

Posted on August 8, 2025August 7, 2025

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

“Being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune….Happiness is never grand.”—Aldous Huxley, English philosopher, 1894-1963

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 November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”—Julio Cortázar, Argentine-French author, 1914-1984

Posted on August 27, 2024November 18, 2024

“IN QUOTING OTHERS, WE CITE OURSELVES.”—Cortázar

Posted on January 2, 2024January 2, 2024

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”—Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist & chemist, 1867-1934

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023

“He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.”—Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French maxim writer, 1613-1680

Posted on November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

“The only really valuable thing is intuition.”—Albert Einstein, German-born American theoretical physicist, 1870-1955

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