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Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021

“A good mind possesses a kingdom.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC–65 AD

Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

“Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.”—Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath, 1452-1519

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

“With wine comes truth.”—Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus), Roman naturalist, 23/24 AD-79 AD

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

“Laugh at life. Do not cry over it.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC-65 AD

Posted on August 11, 2021

“Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”—Alan Kay, American computer graphics designer, 1940-

Posted on August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

“Hope is a waking dream.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on July 29, 2021July 29, 2021

“Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.”—Arthur Helps, English writer, 1813-1875

Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

“Anything we haven’t seen before is marvelous.”—Tacitus, Roman senator, 56-117 AD

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021

“Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; American jurist; 1841-1935

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021

“To think is to say no.”—Émile Chartier, French philosopher, 1868-1951

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