Posted on October 7, 2017October 7, 2017 “A traveller with empty pockets can whistle in a robber’s face.”—Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd century AD
Posted on October 5, 2017October 6, 2017 “When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC
Posted on October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 “Whatever you want to teach, be brief.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC
Posted on September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 “A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people’s patience.”—John Updike, American novelist, 1932-2009
Posted on September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 “All singers have this flaw: If asked by friends, they will not sing; if unasked, they will not stop.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC
Posted on September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 “There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.”—L.M. Boyd, newspaper columnist, 1927-2007
Posted on September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 “Be very careful when you baptize your political views.”—Fr. Daniel Selvage, Episcopalian homilist
Posted on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 “The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.”—Alfred Hitchcock, English film director, 1899-1980
Posted on September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 “The friend that can be bought is not worth buying.”—Irish proverb
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