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Posted on May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

“Evils draw men together.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher & polymath, 384-322 BC

Posted on May 11, 2021

“What does not destroy me, makes me strong.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt, US President, 1882-1945

Posted on May 9, 2021

“We are the slaves of objects around us.”—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834

Posted on May 6, 2021

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”—Mae West, 1893-1980

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021

“No one respects a talent that is concealed.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

“The basis of a democratic state is liberty.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher & polymath, 384-322 BC

Posted on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021

“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning; not possession, but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”—Johann Gauss, German mathematician, 1777-1855

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

“Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.”—Jane Austen, British novelist, 1775-1817

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