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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 March 2, 2025March 2, 2025

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”—Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, 1961–

Posted on January 7, 2025

“Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.”—André Gide, French author, 1869-1951

Posted on November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

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

Posted on October 27, 2024October 27, 2024

“A smiling face is half the meal.”—Latvian proverb

Posted on August 27, 2024November 18, 2024

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

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024

“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”—Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, 1706-1790

Posted on July 24, 2024

“Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.”—Antoine de St. Exupéry, French writer, 1900-1944

Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

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