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Posted on October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

“It’s not as one supposes things are.”—Irish proverb

Posted on October 14, 2017October 14, 2017

“I’ve spent my life fighting the Germans and the politicians. It is much easier to fight the Germans.”—Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshall, 1887-1976

Posted on October 13, 2017October 13, 2017

“If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.”—Sir Peter Medawar, British biologist Nobel Laureate, 1915-1987

Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

“To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.”—Luc de Clapiers, French essayist, 1715-1747

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017

“Nobody loves life like him who is growing old.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC

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 3, 2017October 3, 2017

“Every dog is valiant at his own door.”—Irish proverb

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

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