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Posted on December 27, 2016November 18, 2020

“Excellence is the enemy of good.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on December 26, 2016February 11, 2026

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.”—Bob Hope, American comedian, 1903-2003

Posted on December 25, 2016February 11, 2026

“The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, 4 BC–65 AD

Posted on December 24, 2016December 2, 2021

“Less is more.”—Robert Browning, English poet, 1812-1889

Posted on December 23, 2016February 12, 2026

“They are able who think they are able.”—Virgil, Roman poet, 70-19 BC

Posted on December 22, 2016December 26, 2020

“The first blow is half the battle.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on December 21, 2016February 12, 2026

“The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.”—Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on December 19, 2016February 12, 2026

“No one in business can prosper if he believes what he is told.”—Petronius (Gaius Petronius Arbiter), Roman author, c. 27–c. 66 AD

Posted on December 18, 2016

“A friend’s eye is a good mirror.”—Irish proverb

Posted on December 17, 2016February 13, 2026

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than one innocent suffer.”—Sir William Blackstone, English jurist, 1723-1780

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