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Posted on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

“We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

“My music is best understood by children and animals.”—Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer, 1882-1971

Posted on May 6, 2017May 6, 2017

“The silence of a stupid man looks like wisdom.”—Publilius Syrus, maxim-writer, 1st century BC

Posted on May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

“Anger is a short madness.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century, BC

Posted on May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

“The customer is never wrong.”—César Ritz, Swiss hotelier, 1850-1918

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017

“Books are for nothing but to inspire.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, 1803-1882

Posted on April 30, 2017April 30, 2017

“Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.”—Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on April 29, 2017February 6, 2021

“Yo’ edumacation ain’t no hipper than what you understand.”—Dr. John, American songwriter, 1940-2019

Posted on April 28, 2017April 28, 2017

“I cried all the way to the bank.”—Liberace, American pianist, 1919-1987

Posted on April 27, 2017

“Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.”—A.H.Weiler, NY Times editor, 1908-2002

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