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 5, 2022 “I may be sick and I may seem dumb. That don’t mean you know where I’m coming from.”—Lyric from “Qualified”, by Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.), American songwriter, 1941-2019
Posted on August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 “Success is an accident—well placed.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005
Posted on July 31, 2021 “We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.”—Thucydides, Athenian historian, c. 460 — c. 400 BC
Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 “Anything we haven’t seen before is marvelous.”—Tacitus, Roman senator, 56-117 AD
Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 “Time discovers truth.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC – 65 AD
Posted on July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 “I love everything that’s old—old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774
Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC
Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 “In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536
Posted on July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 “If you don’t bring Paris with you, you won’t find it there.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005
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