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Category: Quotations

Posted on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017

“In the fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.”—Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist, 1822-1895

Posted on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

“Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.”—Noel Coward, playwright, 1899-1973

Posted on June 20, 2017

“Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow.”—Horace, Roman poet, 1st century BC

Posted on June 18, 2017June 18, 2017

“I have taken more good from alcohol than alcohol has taken from me.”—Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister, 1874-1965

Posted on June 17, 2017June 17, 2017

“An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.”—Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss moral philosopher, 1821-1881

Posted on June 13, 2017June 13, 2017

“The monkey is repulsive; he’s much too much like us!—Quintus Ennius, Roman poet, 239-169 BC

Posted on June 10, 2017June 10, 2017

“Lazy people are always looking for something to do.”—Luc de Clapiers, French writer, 18th century

Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

“I am what you will be.”—Epitaph on ancient Roman tombstone

Posted on June 8, 2017June 8, 2017

“Some come to see; some come to be seen.”—Ovid (on the theatre), Roman poet, 1st century BC/AD

Posted on June 7, 2017June 7, 2017

“How old would you be if you did not know how old you was?”—Satchel Paige, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1906-1982

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