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Posted on September 27, 2016February 25, 2026

“A friend cannot be known in prosperity; and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.”—Apocrypha

Posted on September 23, 2016May 6, 2022

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”—Eric Hoffer, American philosopher, 1898-1983

Posted on September 20, 2016February 26, 2026

“It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.”—Xenophanes, Greek philosopher, c. 570–c. 478 BC

Posted on September 19, 2016February 26, 2026

“Art is long, life is short.”-(“Ars longa, vita brevis.”)—Hippocrates, Greek physician, 460-370 BC

Posted on September 18, 2016February 26, 2026

“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on September 17, 2016December 26, 2020

“Silence gives consent.”-Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 2016

“The more law, the less justice.”—Cicero

Posted on September 16, 2016March 19, 2021

“It is very important whether a man is wise or only looks it.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on September 15, 2016September 15, 2016

“Nature does not proceed by leaps.”—Linnaeus

Posted on September 11, 2016September 11, 2016

“I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.”—Plato

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