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Posted on April 30, 2022

“You who seek an end of love—love will yield to busyness: be busy, and you will be safe.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC–18 AD

Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

“Least said, soonest mended.”—Irish proverb

Posted on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

“Be a good animal, true to your instincts.”—D.H. Lawrence, English novelist, 1885-1930

Posted on April 19, 2018

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018

“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.”—Mark Twain, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on April 1, 2018April 1, 2018

“No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.”—Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, 1918-2007

Posted on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

“This nation cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”—John F. Kennedy, US President, 1917-1963

Posted on March 25, 2018March 25, 2018

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”—Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, 1885-1962

Posted on March 2, 2018

“Despite the fox’s cunning, his skin is often sold.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 28, 2018

“A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

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