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Posted on December 29, 2017December 29, 2017

“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on December 24, 2017December 24, 2017

“It is better to live rich, than to die rich.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English writer, 18th century

Posted on December 19, 2017December 19, 2017

“The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.”—Edward VIII, former king of the United Kingdom and Duke of Windsor, 1894-1972

Posted on December 16, 2017December 16, 2017

“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that somebody may be looking.”—H. L. Mencken, American satirist, 1880-1956

Posted on December 14, 2017December 14, 2017

“Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.”—Lin Yutang, Chinese inventor, 1895-1976

Posted on November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

“There is nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on November 21, 2017November 21, 2017

“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017

“Whatever you have, spend less.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English writer, 18th century

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

“Shallowness is natural; conceit comes with education.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106–43 BC

Posted on November 8, 2017November 8, 2017

“A picture is a model of reality.”—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher, 1889–1951

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