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Posted on March 15, 2018

“The ripest peach is highest on the tree.”—James Whitcomb Riley, American poet, 1849-1916

Posted on March 7, 2018

“Slight not what is near through aiming at what is far.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on March 4, 2018

“Less is more.”—Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, 1886-1969

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

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

“Idiot of idiots, to trust what is written!”—Titus Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC

Posted on February 24, 2018March 15, 2018

“America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.”—John Updike, American novelist, 1932-2009

Posted on February 21, 2018

“It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.”—P.G. Wodehouse, English humorist author, 1881-1975

Posted on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

“I had rather be right than be President.”—Henry Clay, American statesman, 1777-1852

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

“God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.”—Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Roman Catholic saint, 1910-1997

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