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Posted on February 14, 2022

“An expert is someone who tells you why you can’t do something.”—Alec Issigonis, British automobile designer, 1906-1988

Posted on January 31, 2022January 30, 2022

“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”—Antisthenes, Greek philosopher, 445-365 BC

Posted on January 23, 2022

“That’s what I do. I drink and I know things.”—Tyrion Lannister, character in “Game of Thrones”

Posted on January 20, 2022

“Take the tone of the company that you are in.”—Lord Chesterfield, British statesman, 1694-1773

Posted on January 11, 2022January 11, 2022

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”—Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister, 1874-1965

Posted on December 23, 2021

“Say little and say it well.”—Irish Proverb

Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

“If all men were just, there would be no need of valor.”—Agesilaus, King of Sparta, c.440 BC–c.360 BC

Posted on September 23, 2021September 22, 2021

“Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on September 16, 2021September 15, 2021

“We can learn even from our enemies.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

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