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Category: Quotations

Posted on January 3, 2017January 3, 2017

“Children have more need of models than critics.”—Joseph Joubert, French essayist, 1754-1824

Posted on January 2, 2017January 2, 2017

“Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.”—Ralph Richardson, British actor

Posted on January 1, 2017January 1, 2017

“Profess not the knowledge that thou hast not.”—Apocrypha

Posted on December 31, 2016December 31, 2016

“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”—Cicero, Roman philosopher

Posted on December 30, 2016December 30, 2016

“We cannot recollect the ignorance in which we were born.”—Etienne deCondillac, French psychologist, 1715-1780

Posted on December 29, 2016December 29, 2016

“Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French philosopher

Posted on December 27, 2016November 18, 2020

“Excellence is the enemy of good.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on December 26, 2016December 26, 2016

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.”—Bob Hope, American comedian

Posted on December 25, 2016December 25, 2016

“The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher

Posted on December 24, 2016December 2, 2021

“Less is more.”—Robert Browning, English poet, 1812-1889

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