Posted on June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 “We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.”—Jean-Françoise de La Harpe, French playwright, 1739-1803
Posted on June 8, 2023October 28, 2023 “The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.”—Charles de Talleyrand, French diplomat, 1754-1838
Posted on June 2, 2023 “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910
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 April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”—Thomas Paine, American political activist, 1737-1809
Posted on February 9, 2023 “Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”—Pericles, Greek politician, 495-429 BC
Posted on December 11, 2022 “To write one’s memoirs is to speak ill of everybody except oneself.”—Henri Pétain, French ambassador, 1876-1944
Posted on November 18, 2022November 17, 2022 “He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.”—Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher, 604-531 BC
Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 “Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”—Napoleon Bonaparte, French statesman, 1769-1821
Posted on October 3, 2022 “Solemnity is the shield of idiots.”—Montesquieu, French philosopher, 1689-1750
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