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Posted on December 30, 2019

“We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”—Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval commander, 1785-1819

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019

“Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”—Eric Hoffer, American philosopher, 1898-1983

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019

“The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.”—J. W. von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834

Posted on December 12, 2019

“No man is wise enough for himself.”—Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC

Posted on December 3, 2019

“His greatest fault was his desire not to please the best people, but to please the most people.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman satirist, c. 4 BC – 65 AD

Posted on December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

“Everything yields to diligence.”—Antiphanes, Greek writer, 388-311 BC

Posted on November 28, 2019November 28, 2019

“Educated men are as much superior to uneducated men as the living are to the dead.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on March 2, 2018

“Despite the fox’s cunning, his skin is often sold.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 28, 2018

“A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

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