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Posted on February 12, 2021February 11, 2021

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”—Albert Einstein, American German-born theoretical physicist, 1879-1955

Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

“The very ink which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”—Bernard Berenson, American art historian, 1865-1959

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

“Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it’s usually too late, and not in the barroom downstairs?”—Christopher Morley, American journalist, 1890-1957

Posted on February 8, 2021February 8, 2021

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”—Benjamin Franklin (attributed), American polymath, 1706-1790

Posted on February 7, 2021February 7, 2021

“Language is the dress of thought.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English essayist, 1709-1784

Posted on February 6, 2021February 6, 2021

“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”—Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

“Most people my age are dead.”—Casey Stengel, American baseball manager, 1890-1975

Posted on February 3, 2021

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”—Socrates, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on February 2, 2021

“No man is a hero to his valet.”—Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel, French salonnière, 1605-1694

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